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Where is my bottlecap blues post?
I asked a question entitled 'bottlecap blues' in the expert forum, and it was answered by Dr. Handsfield, but now it won't show anywhere. Does anyone recall seeing his answer? Did he say there was no risk? I'm sorry if I'm just being dumb, but I'm really anxious and I need to know if my boyfriend was at risk. I didn't get any messages saying it was deleted, and I did get an email saying it was answered.
I'm sorry, am I just being a clueless idiot? I don't really know what else to do. Also, since I can't see my original post, do you think this was a risk at all, Teak? I know you are an expert.
For reference, this was my question:
Hi Doctor,
I have now transferred my fears unto my boyfriend, and I’m really worried for him. I come to you asking for a risk assessment on account of a situation that happened to him at work.
He works at a coffee shop, and the other day a few customers were having trouble opening soda bottles. These bottles have metal caps that look like they are twist-off, but they really aren’t (or are at least very difficult to twist off). Anyways, about five ladies tried to open these bottles after he rang them up, and when they realized it was too hard, they gave them back to him to open up. When he did, he ended up cutting his hand a little on two separate bottle caps due to their sharp corners. He said that they didn’t bleed until he got his hands wet and soapy a little later on (but I doubt he was really paying attention, and maybe they did bleed right away). I’m very worried that perhaps the customers had also cut themselves on the sharp bottle caps when they tried to open the bottles right before he proceeded to do the same and get cut twice. If one of the customers cut or scratched themselves while they were trying to open the bottles, there would be time for their blood to get on the caps while they continued to try to get them off of the bottles, so it wouldn’t be a situation where they got cut and stopped grabbing the cap before the blood really started to flow. So I feel like there is a greater chance of blood being on the caps. Also, he got cut on two separate caps, only like 30 seconds after the customers tried to open them, so double the chances. Due to this, I’m worried that he may have been at risk for HIV or HCV. I get it that people probably cut themselves on everyday shared objects all the time, or even bartenders and other baristas getting cut on similar caps, and I haven’t heard of any cases of transmission in this sort of circumstance, but you never know, thus the anxiety. Should I make him get tested in three months? Or should I just let it go? He says I’m worrying over nothing, since he said his cuts were not very big and only bled a little bit once he got his hands wet. Was this any sort of risk? Sorry to bother you, I wont be asking any other questions about this event after your initial response. Thanks in advance.
Hi Doctor,
I have now transferred my fears unto my boyfriend, and I’m really worried for him. I come to you asking for a risk assessment on account of a situation that happened to him at work.
He works at a coffee shop, and the other day a few customers were having trouble opening soda bottles. These bottles have metal caps that look like they are twist-off, but they really aren’t (or are at least very difficult to twist off). Anyways, about five ladies tried to open these bottles after he rang them up, and when they realized it was too hard, they gave them back to him to open up. When he did, he ended up cutting his hand a little on two separate bottle caps due to their sharp corners. He said that they didn’t bleed until he got his hands wet and soapy a little later on (but I doubt he was really paying attention, and maybe they did bleed right away). I’m very worried that perhaps the customers had also cut themselves on the sharp bottle caps when they tried to open the bottles right before he proceeded to do the same and get cut twice. If one of the customers cut or scratched themselves while they were trying to open the bottles, there would be time for their blood to get on the caps while they continued to try to get them off of the bottles, so it wouldn’t be a situation where they got cut and stopped grabbing the cap before the blood really started to flow. So I feel like there is a greater chance of blood being on the caps. Also, he got cut on two separate caps, only like 30 seconds after the customers tried to open them, so double the chances. Due to this, I’m worried that he may have been at risk for HIV or HCV. I get it that people probably cut themselves on everyday shared objects all the time, or even bartenders and other baristas getting cut on similar caps, and I haven’t heard of any cases of transmission in this sort of circumstance, but you never know, thus the anxiety. Should I make him get tested in three months? Or should I just let it go? He says I’m worrying over nothing, since he said his cuts were not very big and only bled a little bit once he got his hands wet. Was this any sort of risk? Sorry to bother you, I wont be asking any other questions about this event after your initial response. Thanks in advance.
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