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Contact with blood

A few days back I noticed a guy had wrecked on his motor bike so I stopped to see if he was ok.  He had a few scrapes and cuts that I noticed  and he  asked if I could help stand back up his bike.  after I did this he said he was fine so I got one my way.  As soon as I returned to my car I noticed my fingers had cuts on them none of which were bleeding.  Could it be possible to contract HIV if I had touched blood that was on the bike and it made contact with these cuts?  It has been about 9 days since then and I have developed an itchy patch of skin on the collar bone on both sides of my body, could this be the HIV rash?
I look forward to your response.  
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No risk.

HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.

HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug abusers
Mother to child
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186166 tn?1385259382
the answer is NO

two reason why:

hiv is not transmitted through animate objects.  once exposed to air, it becomes inactive and unable to infect.

"As soon as I returned to my car I noticed my fingers had cuts on them none of which were bleeding."

you had NO risk
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