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puncture from small wood piece

if fresh blood spilled on a block of wood then i touched it & got pricked by the little pieces of the wood do i have any rick to catch HIV or HEPS from that incident.
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You had no risk for HIV and a test would be a waste of time.

HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, 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 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. Your situation 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 or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so there is no detail that you can add that will make your encounter a risk for HIV.
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i didn't say oral activities at all :D did you really take a close look at what i wrote
Reread about the 3, and the air and touching.
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