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Pin ***** that bled a bit
In my line of work I deal with security tags and pins , and I pricked myself with a security pin and bled a tiny bit , I trashed the pin straight away . This isnt the first time i have done it though , i sat on a pin by mistake recently. (Nobody in my store has HIV but when we get our stock it comes in already tagged and pinned sometimes so when merchandise gets detagged the pins and tags comes through to our stock room and hence why i am asking incase someone at the depot who sends our stock may of had hiv and pricked thereself with it , could i get it)
All pins and tags are clean and dry looking when they come through to the stock room. The actual pin didnt show blood on it after i hurt myself either time it was just my thumb i squeezed it and noticed a little bit of blood coming out.
Ive been told by a few people that i cant get hiv this way and that the virus would be dead by that time and spoke to other people on the internet who told me im being paranoid and that the virus would be dead IF there could of been somebody who had hiv but the fact that there is nobody i know that im being paranoid.
I decided to post on here for another opinion im still a bit worried but hopefully someone on these boards can put me to rest
All pins and tags are clean and dry looking when they come through to the stock room. The actual pin didnt show blood on it after i hurt myself either time it was just my thumb i squeezed it and noticed a little bit of blood coming out.
Ive been told by a few people that i cant get hiv this way and that the virus would be dead by that time and spoke to other people on the internet who told me im being paranoid and that the virus would be dead IF there could of been somebody who had hiv but the fact that there is nobody i know that im being paranoid.
I decided to post on here for another opinion im still a bit worried but hopefully someone on these boards can put me to rest
Thanks for the reply I was just paranoid but you have cleared me for sure
, we now have a sharps container at our work is that because there is other infections you can get sometimes from pins , if we hurt ourselves we place the pins in there ?
(not talking about HIV)
, we now have a sharps container at our work is that because there is other infections you can get sometimes from pins , if we hurt ourselves we place the pins in there ?
(not talking about HIV)
hiv is transmitted through...
unprotected vaginal/anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child
hiv is NOT transmitted through environmental surfaces or inanimate objects.
you were never at risk
unprotected vaginal/anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child
hiv is NOT transmitted through environmental surfaces or inanimate objects.
you were never at risk
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