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Is someone else blood on skin contact a risk of HIV?
Yesterday at a bar, one girl fell off the ladder and broke the nose, spreading blood on her shirt and I decided to help her.
Five minutes later, while I was helping her to get inside the car on the way to hospital, I accidentaly touched her bleeding shirt with my hand. I immediately went to the bathroom to wash my hand. I have no idea if she is infected or not and I know that intact skin is a safe barrier against HIV but I had a very very small and superficial puncture on my hand caused by opening bottles one day before.
Is it risky if I touched the blood on the shirt right over the superficial puncture?
Five minutes later, while I was helping her to get inside the car on the way to hospital, I accidentaly touched her bleeding shirt with my hand. I immediately went to the bathroom to wash my hand. I have no idea if she is infected or not and I know that intact skin is a safe barrier against HIV but I had a very very small and superficial puncture on my hand caused by opening bottles one day before.
Is it risky if I touched the blood on the shirt right over the superficial puncture?
No risk. You would need deep gaping wounds with the virus thrust deeply inside to even be a theoretical risk, like in a car accident scenario. The pain with that kind of wound would be so intense that neither of you would have been willing for the other to touch.
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