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possible blood into cut and a scratch

Hi!
II  was doing some nail clipping to a friends monther who is unable to do it herself, and i gave her a little cut and she bleed a little. skin on my hand is very dry so I had a cracked skin on my finger , I dont know how fresh the crack was, it was a little red like it was infflamed. is there any risk if the blood came in contact with the crack?
I washed my hands and wanted to desinfect the nailclipper before i proceed but I didnt have any other desinfectant than household bleach ( sodium hipoclorit ) which i pour over the nail clipper, and whash it with water and liquid soap. while doing that i also scrached my self. Is there any risk from the blood on the nailclipper mixed with bleach and soap?
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As you have been told...no risk.

And you do not get infected from everyday common things around a house.
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i dont know, but her son is a iv drug user so i am thinking the worst case scenario, what if he is hiv+, and she got infected through household, from a knife cut or something like that
now i am wondering what if that wasnt a cracked skin but i cut my self during manicure and didnt felt it at the time.
risk?
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1163575 tn?1339478617
you had no risk
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Does she have HIV?

This is a no risk situation no matter what.
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