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Exposure to blood? Lizzie Lou?

Hello,

I was wondering what my risk was to this. I have just tried to submit my question to Dr HHH but it wouldn't let me as it said it had reached it's max for the day, what do you think Dr HHH would say to my question?

I went to a public bathroom and I noticed blood on the door handle on the inside as I went to leave. I used the toilet to urinate and I am worried as I might have touched the blood on the door handle when I closed the door and then it got onto my penis when I unrinated. A woman left as I went into the bathroom and I got a little bit of toilet paper to wipe it off the door handle and it smudged the toilet paper easy.

My questions are

1) Have you ever seen blood in a bathroom before?

2) What my risk in that situation.

I really wanted to post my question to Dr HHH, what do you think he would say?
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186166 tn?1385259382
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Thanks Lizzie, do you think Dr HHH would have said the same probably? Just before I make a payment?
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186166 tn?1385259382
hiv is not transmitted from environmental surfaces or inanimate objects.  once exposed to air, hiv becomes inactive and unable to infect.

you had NO risk and do NOT need testing.
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