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antiseptic bottle

I know I've been advised to stop posting but I'm kind of freaking out today...

I used merthiolat (an antiseptic with a little spoon inside the bottle to put on wounds) on an inflamed wound and I wonder if there was blood from a previous use on the spoon, if it could be infective.

I read that some bacteria can survive on the spoon inside the bottle of the antiseptic and I wonder if the virus can, too. No one used the antiseptic immediately before me. Sorry to bother, I know I have issues, but I'm very concerned about that and wish I could put my mind at rest.

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hiv can't.  its an extremely fragile virus.  it can't survive outside the body.  i don't know of any bacteria that survive in a bottle of antiseptic.  maybe a spore former such as bacillus or clostridum.  hiv doesn't form spores.  this is very true and very accurate.  
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