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What are my chances of getting HIV from finger cut

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Good day.
I was at work yesterday and one of our worker cut his finger and it was very bad and was bleeding for quite a while, than I came to him with first aid kit,
And unknowingly his HIV status I dressed his finger with me bare hands.
Some of his blood touched my fingers as well and I have cut in my fingers, and it was 3days old cut plus some paper cut as well.
Now I am freaking out.
Is there any way you guys can shed some light on this.
I will be great full to you all.
Thank you
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Here is why i say that this type of event is not a risk for hiv.
1) no hiv case reported via this type of exposure. Never has it occur, never will it happen either.
2) blood will dry and clot within minutes. The purpose is to seal up the wound and prevent pathogen from entering. It is part of the body's process. Unless you have a underlying medical condition, your wound would clot.
3) i have said repeatedly that hiv does not survive well outside a host.  
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Thank you for your answers
Much appreciated
Hi
do I need to go for test? Please advise me on this.
Thank you
This answers all of your HIV questions, and if you can think of any more just reread about the 3. You had zero risk therefore  testing is irrelevant to your situation because you had zero risk. HIV is a fragile virus, which is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing 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 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with.
The only way to get HIV is if you did one of the 3. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. Doctors have calculated the risk from what you describe to be less than that of being hit by a meteor, therefore no one will get HIV from what you did in the next 40 years of your life either. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established, so no detail that you can add to your encounter will change it from zero risk.
it is evident from biology advice that your last question was already answered.
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