HIV from manicure

[alixis16]

Hello, I am totally freaked out. I went to a woman's house who had a friend of hers set up manicures for a bunch of us. She was doing my cuticles and there was a huge amount of pain. There was a big cut and a lot of blood running down my thumb from the cut she made. She does NOT sterilize her equipment. When she is done with each person, she soaks them in alcohol. Is there anything to worry about? Or should I figure that if there is not fresh blood on the object, and it is in alcohol, that I cannot be infected with HIV or Hepatitis C? I need to know what the chances are. Thanks!

[Teak]

The dentist injected his blood into the patients.

[Teak]

You read wrong, that had nothing to do with uncleaned equipment.

[alixis16]

Thanks for the insight. I feel a lot better. I was just scared because I know I heard many years ago about how people were getting HIV from their dentist when they did not clean the tools properly and thought this might be the same thing.

[diver58]

No ! Nothing to worry about HIV transmission. HIV can not be contacted through objects. The virus inactivates (unable to infect) immediately after it is out from its host and exposed to ambient oxygen.

Sterilizing the equipment is however an essential need, not because of HIV but because of other viruses those can live for a while, outside their host body.