Is this an HIV risk?

[Tibbymonroe88]

Yesterday my husband went to put air into our tire and was stabbed by a tiny metal thread that was sticking out of the handle of the public air pump. It looked like a small needle, but not hallow.  It went so deep into his finger that he bled significantly and has a slice on his finger. The sharp object was right on the handle, so I’m sure many people have been stabbed by this piece recently. The pump was still on when he got there, meaning someone just finished using the air pump. I’m wondering if this is a risk for hiv infection since someone else was probably stabbed by it within a minute of when he was stabbed by it. Is he at risk for infection assuming the person before him was HIV positive and my husband stabbed himself within a minute of the other person getting stabbed?

[Tibbymonroe88]

Thank you for this response

[CurfewX]

No risk.  If it were this easy to get HIV, everyone in the world would have it by now.

Blood, once exposed to the environment (outside of a body or outside of a vacuum-sealed syringe), it is no longer infectious.  Any blood that could have been on there was no longer infectious.  NO ONE has been infected with HIV in anything resembling a similar manner.

Don't have unprotected, penetrative sex with someone of unknown HIV status, and don't share intravenous drug needles, and you will never have to worry about HIV.