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Hepatits/Bloodborne transmission

Hepatits/Bloodborne transmission

Recently I had a minor surgery on my ingrown toenail.  The podiatrist wore gloves, but I noticed that he opened several containers, as well as screw-top lid, without taking off his gloves, which had visible blood on them.  I'm wondering if this is his standard procedure, am I at risk for any disease such as Hep C, or anything else?  I'm visualizing him opening the same jar earlier with someone else's blood on his hands, then doing the same with mine.  After he handled the jar and other containers, he returned to the open wound on my foot to finish the surgery without changing gloves (he was actively touching the open wound with his fingers).  Also, he pulled a scalpel with a razor on the end of it out of some liquid and pulled the razor off with his gloved fingers, then put a new razor on using the same gloves/fingers(I"m assuming the last one was from the previous patient).  I asked him about all this and he said I'm at no risk because if there was blood, it wouldn't be enough to infect me through cross contamination and that my foot would have to be "bathed in blood" for anything to infect me.  I didn't push it much b/c he is my brother in law.  As a side note, he did say that he normally has his nurse open the jar, but didn't mention the other box he opened with bloody gloves (the one that contained the razor in liquid).  Just assume he has handled the jar and box with other patients (both of which do not get sterilized) and please let me know if I need to worry and what are the odds of Hep c or anything else.  Thanks!
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