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Can i get HIV frm metal cuts

Hi,
i work as an engineer at this factory , i just wanted t know if there is any chance of infection. i was walking and then i was cut by this steel or metal thing which was sticking out of the working surfaces my cut was about 3cm deep and where i work they are some people with HIV so i was wondering if they could had got cut by that same thing is there a chance of me getting affected?
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Nope
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i was scared because i thought it is the same as a needle.
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Nope
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So HIV can be caught through
1) Unprotected sex anal and vagina
2) Mother to child through breast feeding or through birth
3) Drug users
Is that it then or they are other ways?
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