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I see that a lot of the answers to posts about a risky situatuon is the same, the ways of getting inUnprotected Unprotected penatrive vaginal or anal sex, sharing IV drug needles and mother to child.
I also see that needlestick injuries are a risk in the health care setting. This is where I get confused. Why Is it a risk for someone on the healthcare field to get HIV when poked by a contaminated needle, but not someone else who is poked or cut with a contaminated item outside of a healthcare setting?
I also see that needlestick injuries are a risk in the health care setting. This is where I get confused. Why Is it a risk for someone on the healthcare field to get HIV when poked by a contaminated needle, but not someone else who is poked or cut with a contaminated item outside of a healthcare setting?
How many people would get instantly poked by a syringe in the environment outside a healthcare setting--virtually zero and being cut by an item that HIV infected blood on it is definately no risk,the HIV becomes inactive on fomities like item.
So that means that some people who were poked/ cut with an item that had HIV blood on it would get infected? Why is everyone being told they have no risk, when if fact it would be a low risk?
The needlestick injury happens instantly and not all needlestick injuries result in infection--infact very few do.In the environment 99% of people who would have needlestick injury would not be at risk because the tip of the needle has already been exposed to air and therefore the virus has become inactive and unable to infect.
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