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hi people please tell me do i have a risk or not im in the fire department in south africa i did a accedent 1 night and cut my arm with the broken glass of the car while helping the patient out of the car.I cannot remeber if there were blood of the patient or not lets say there were blood on the glass that cut me what are the chances of getting infected with hiv please im only asking a question
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thanx man
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Doesn't your department have regulations that you are to follow in these incidents?

it is not a risk from cutting yourself on glass. We don't play "what if" so i will not speculate on that.
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halo
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