STDs from shared sextoy

[interphys]

Hi, is there any risk of getting any STDs from using a shared sextoy? It's been cleaned by soap and warm water and left for almost a week in a dry environment. How long can the bacteria live in such environment?

[gracefromHHP]

If a sex toy is properly cleaned then no risk. the only risk would be if you are sharing a sex toy with other partners and mostly during that same encounter. For instance if your partner uses a sex toy on herself and then uses it on you soon afterwards - even though you had no skin on skin contact, is she had a std, you could get it. If she used her sex toy, cleaned it properly and stored it and at one point pulls it out to use on you, not a risk.  make sense?

grace

[JessyJames2010]

Hi

There is ZERO risk of getting an STD from a sex toy that's been cleaned with soap and warm water left for a week to dry.

The answer to you second question: not all STDs are bacteria.  Some are viruses.   Hep B for example can live a little longer than HIV, but not long enough to be a cause for concern.    The viruses die way faster (instantly in air) than the bacteria.

ONCE OUTSIDE ITS HOST (PERSON), with no medium enviroment or a place like a sex toy as your question asked:
HIV ---instantly dies outside its host.
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis all die very fast, matter of seconds.