Thanks so much and I am sorry to hear that. Glad that you are ok!
Like I said even if it was blood which you say it was because you would know as you were there and we weren't it makes no difference,I once helped a person in a motor vehicle accident and got HIV+ blood all over me and I am HIV negative to this day.Hiv becomes inactive once exposed to air and therefore is unable to infect you,also it requires a point of entry into the blood stream,this is why all transmissions occur inside the body not outside it.All the best.
Thanks everyone! And it WAS blood, but I do freak for no reason, hence the user name.
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
Even if it was blood you still had no risk.
that "smear" was probably fingernail polish. no one that does nails, for a living, is going to sit around bleeding while working on customers.
HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug abusers
Mother to child