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I lost my diabetic testing kit at a golf course and the next day call the golf course that I was playing at and someone had turned it in to the office. I went and picked it up the next day. I was changing out the lancet and cut my finger on the used lancet.The issue is I found my testing machine that I thought I had lost. I was stuck with some ones lancet that was not mine.. Do I need testing for hiv or would the 24 hours between someone had used the lancet and I got stuck kill the virus. thanks for your help
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
This further reduces any likelihood that you coulld have been infected by your use of this lancet device. EWH
last question Ireturned the test machine to the golf course and they told me it was there for over a week,so with a week berweenuses im I safe thank you
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Personally, I would forget it and move on. It is a personal decision however. EWH
thanks for your answer. Would you get tested if it happen to you or would you forget about it and move on
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the Forum. This was a low and perhaps no risk event. As I understand it, most diabetic lancet kits have lancet's designed to be used a single time. Is this the case with the kit you used? If so, then there really is no risk.
On the other hand, even if you are concerned that you may have used a previously used lancet, the risk for HIV remains tiny. First it is unlikely that anyone using the lancet before you had HIV- HIV is a rare disease. Second, lancets for diabetic blood tests are solid, not hollow pointed so there is no place for blood to collect and any HIV in blood present an exposed to the air/environment would die almost immediately and would not be infectious hours after being used by another person.
Either way, in my opinion the risk for HIV or any other infection from the situation you describe is miniscule. I would not worry and see little reason other than to reduce your own concerns for testing.
I hope this comment is helpful. EWH
On the other hand, even if you are concerned that you may have used a previously used lancet, the risk for HIV remains tiny. First it is unlikely that anyone using the lancet before you had HIV- HIV is a rare disease. Second, lancets for diabetic blood tests are solid, not hollow pointed so there is no place for blood to collect and any HIV in blood present an exposed to the air/environment would die almost immediately and would not be infectious hours after being used by another person.
Either way, in my opinion the risk for HIV or any other infection from the situation you describe is miniscule. I would not worry and see little reason other than to reduce your own concerns for testing.
I hope this comment is helpful. EWH
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