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urine with blood splashed to bleeding wound

Hi there, thank you for you work here!
Could you please assess my risk? I am really anxious about that.
Yesterday i was travelling by train and i had to use the toilet. The toilet was full of urine, feces and probably with blood and nobody could flush because it was wrong, it was disgusting, the urine (and the other things...) reached the edge of the toilet. I couldn't do anything, i really had to pee so i used it, and in that moment, the urine (and feces and some blood) splashed to my ass, the spot on my ass, where i had a bleeding wound. I am extremely worried that the urine with some blood splashed to my cut. I know urine is not infectious, but i am worried because it contained some blood. Is it a risk or absolutly no risk and i can move on with my life? Please be honest, i am really worried and we plan to having a baby. I don't know that the 6-7 litres of urine (and feces and blood) inside of the toilet bowl exposed to air ot not... Please help!!
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Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  ( urine, feces, blood, toilet surface, etc.). No hiv worries, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the worst that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. Next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this question. Did I do any of the 3? Then after you say "No, I didn't" then it's time to move on back to your happy life. If you are unable to stop worrying about your surroundings infecting you, consider therapy since you are having a child and don't want to bring them up to be a germaphobic person too.
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Your previous thread about blood in your trousers had all the information you need to answer this question.  As a reminder, the risks for HIV are unprotected vaginal or anal sex with penetration and sharing IV drug needles.  Splashes of any bodily fluid onto your bare skin will not transmit the virus.  Air inactivates and yes, that includes whatever was in the toilet.  NO RISK
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Thank you and sorry for the similar question, i was freaking out, i didn't know who used the toilet before me, it was disgusting...
In your answer, the bare skin equals to bleeding wound...?
My answer means no risk from what you describe including if you had any bleeding wounds.  No risk.  You can not get HIV from a toilet splash.  Read the risks again, those are the ONLY ones.  If you didn't do those, you had zero risk.  
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