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transmission from a nurse

Hi everyone!

I have a question for you.
I was on a blood draw. The nurse hadn't got gloves. And after the draw she touched the needle and maybe pricked. And she finally attend that the bleeding on my arm stoped or not and she also touched my wound.
So is there any chance that i contracted HIV?

Thank you for helping, i am worrying.
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186166 tn?1385259382
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No risk. Gloves are worn for there safety and protection not yours.
The nurse did not prick herself with the needle and then proceed to take the open prick and start getting blood into where the nedle was retracted from.
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