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Hello all.
I'm helping my grandpa rebuild my uncles house (who is a big druggie and now in rehab). There is blood everywhere in house. From punching walls/windows/glass on floor etc. it seriously looks like a murder took place there's that much blood. Anyways while tearing down the wall I cut my finger badly from a shape edge on drywall. Long story short my freshly open cut touched directly on his dry blood.. (about 14 days old) is this a risk for disease?
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186166 tn?1385259382
you had NO risk
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Thank you Lizzie Lou

So touching blood is 100% fine?

This really helps because I felt worried working around all the blood

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186166 tn?1385259382
absolutely NOT !

once hiv is exposed to air it becomes inactive and unable to infect.
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