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Staple pin hiv risk.

Hello doctor....actually me fear is that last week i was travelling in a train and a boy was selling some eatable items in train in plastic begs with lots of staples pins on these bags. I purchase some begs of these eatable items. After and hour i noticed my finger.  I think there was some blood (not sure as it was looking like blood type)in my finger. I checked my finger several  times but i did't feel any pain like pin prick. What if pins hits my finger just after it hits that selling boy. What are odds if that boy was hiv positive. I search same types questions on Med help. In mostly question it is told that there is no risk like this situation. Please help me if there is my own blood in my finger by same staple pin. Thanks.
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Thanks a lot for quick reply....Can i take it 100% no risk situation even if there was visible blood from my finger by the same pin...
You had no risk of HIV and are so safe that you don't need to test.  
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.  
Only adult risks are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal sex or sharing needles that you inject with but you didn't do that so you had no risk. This sentence is all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so nothing you can add will make your situation a risk.
No one got HIV from touching or oral activities in 40 years of HIV history, so likely no one will in the next 40 years of your life either.
Thanks a lot for such a nice explanation ... So i am 100% safe even if staple pin hits me immediately after hit by another person?...This is my last question...Thanks....  
i think i asked different question....its not related to sliva...i asked about the risk of hiv by staples pin cuts just after cuts buy another person...
Staple pin prick just after prick another person...
Reread about the 40 since the pricking is touching. Also read about the "only".
but its not pin touching its pin prick which result in bleeding....sorry i will feel  comfortable if you comments....
same pin which results in bleeding to some one  as well as me at the same same time.....
You didn't share a needle to inject with, so it is not a risk. That is the only non-sex risk so reread all of the advice then move on from HIV fears.
Thank you very much for such a nice explanation.....
you are working very great job....thanks....
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