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Are there any risks?

Dear experts,

Today I went to a hopital to draw blood for anual test. But one persons befores me left some blood in the table. I touched the table. After my blood drawing ,about one minute later, I forgot it ,and touched my blood draw needle wound with the same hand. Are there any risks to get Hiv? I am very worried now, Please help me.  Do I need any test? Thank you.
There many persons come to this hospital to test HIV.
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186166 tn?1385259382
you had NO risk

hiv, when exposed to air, becomes infected and unable to infect.
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dear teak, sorried for my disturb.can wash my hand sympilily with water removal or kill the hiv?
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Thank you very much.
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There is nothing further to add. LIZZIE has already advised you that you never had an exposure.
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Dear teak, could you provide some advise for me? Thank you.
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3 minutes is well more than enough time for HIV to become inactive.
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Sorry,there is one more question. Is 3 minutes enough to make the virus become infectious?
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Thank you very much.
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186166 tn?1385259382
you had NO risk from what you described.  testing is not needed.
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Thank you very much for your answer.  Becuse my english is not very good, So if possible , can you descript more detail for me? Thank you.
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So, once the blood is expoed to air , The virus becomes infected immediately?   There are many different informations in the internet. Somedody said that it need  more than 5 minutes. I am a little confued about it.
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