Can blood draw pass hiv ? When giving blood for sample !!

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Can blood draw pass hiv ? When giving blood for sample !!

Hi all,
I went to a diagnostic centre last month & gave blood for hiv screening they have done & it came out negative.
My worry was I didn't see the lady opening the syringe but couldn't see any blood on the needle though,
She applied alcohol to clean the arm & pricked the needle but blood was coming very slowly into the tube, I got irrational thinking what if there was any blood stuck in the needle & it could have gone into my body?
That lady destroyed the needle in electric destroyer after collecting the sample .
This diagnostic is well reputed & very neat but lady was seen to be new & assistant to the doctor,
My fear is whether is there any chance of hiv through this event ?

I was very disturbed & got myself tested exactly after a month & got result to be hiv non reactive .



So doctor please tell me is there any risk or I can move along ?

[Teak]

You don't need testing.

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Hii thanks for ur straight answer now I'm feeling far better.
Just last one answer from you people is how accurate is ELISA at 4 weeks ? I'm from India & I don't know which generation ELISA try have done ...

[nursegirl6572]

"What if" questions are anxiety related.  You didn't have a risk getting your blood drawn.

Seek some professional help if you cannot accept that.  You don't need testing...just put it behind you and move on.

[Vance2335]

YOU HAD NO RISK.

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Hii Mr teak
First of all wanna thank you for your great job by educating people like me all over world.

Coming to my incident mr teak I was concerned because blood came very slowly & stopped for few secs, so that lady injected the gap in syringe to pull it back for collecting blood. I was concerned of that.

Also after this incident I was having stomache upset exactly after 3 weeks & it continued for a week. It stopped after taking tablets. General physician said take a blood test for typhoid & it came positive 2 days ago. She is giving a course of 3 days injections.

So I started worrying whether this could be symptoms if hiv ? Also I am diabetic from past 1 yr & taking medication for that. Kindly clear my doubts also want to know whether ELISA test is reliable for 4 weeks which came out to be negative...

[Teak]

On a blood draw blood is being withdrawn not injected.

[BeStrong_]

There's no chance for all this. Syringes are for SINGLE USE ONLY.

[sssshhhh]

Hii thanks for swift reply :)

But I was occupied with all IF's & spoiling my daily life & ur answer bought me little peace :)

I was concerned because blood came very slowly & it stopped for few secs in between that lady injected the gap in the syringe & pulled back for blood to be collected.
I was worried whether if there was blood in needle could it go in & infect ??
Kindly let me know ....,

[BeStrong_]

Syringes are for single use only. You dont have to worry :)