i helped a young man - who is a friend of my son. he came over to the house with two cuts on his hand - and several scratches. the majority of the blood was dried - but there was a small gash (maybe 1 inch in length) that had some "fresh" blood inside of it. i had the young man (21 yrs. old) run his hand under water for a min or two. then i poured a bottle of hydrogen peroxide on it. then i used a paper towel to dry off his hand. i then put a bandaid and a butterfly on his hand. i only saw a very small amount a blood - maybe a drop or two on the butterfly. immediately afterwards i washed my hands with soap - and rinsed them through some bleach water. the young man doesn't have a job - has 3 children with 3 different women. so i would say he may or may not have hiv. he said he didn't think he did. at any rate - i don't think i got any blood on my hands - but i'm not for sure. i examined my hands afterwards - and noticed i had a hangnail on one of my thumbs.
i thought the prudent thing to do was to get tested. i went to the health dept. @ six weeks -- they administered the uni-gold recombigen test - which was negative. after wards i was reading the handout they give you -- and it indicated that that particular test only tests for hiv-1 not hiv-2.
my question would be - how reliable is this particular test? and with my risk, whatever it may be-- should i go back for a test that includes hiv-2 now, or just wait until 90 days to get tested for both? i ache and figured it was just from stress - but thought i would see what you thought.