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Football blood exchange

hi guys,
i was playing sports and had ran into someone really hard and we both got scrapped and bloody. Is that considered blood to blood? the internet info i found said to go get PEP. Can you guys tell me what you think?
i dont know what 'open wound' really means, does mine qualify?
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At no time were you at risk nor do you need nPEP.









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Your contact was brief to say the least, you are not at risk. nPEP is administered to people who have had a genuine high risk exposure, this does not qualify.

Best wishes
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Thanks guys

That's what my doctor told me, that k need pep.
But u guys have data , right?
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Data is not needed.  It is simply too brief of an exchange for their to be a sufficient risk.  When you talk about examples of blood to blood, nPEP would only be administered if you have had a HIGH RISK exposure.  a HIGH risk example of blood to blood would be a blood transfusion.

If your doctor is advising that you do this, then it is up to him.  We are simply giving you a risk assessment of your 'exposure'
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