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needle ***** from heroin and hep c user

how long will hep c last on a needle, I was cleaning a rental room and got a slight needle *****. I know the renter used heroin and has hep c. Two days after, I have a slight bump and minor itch. How long will hep c and even aids last on a needle. needle has not been used for at least two months.
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Post Exposure Prophylaxis: I tried that one time but I had to let Mr Winkey warm up before I could get the damned thing on. I bet they don't sell many condoms to Eskimos.  
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By all means get tested. Sometimes the patient will benefit from Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) if performed in a timely fashion. Additionally, baseline testing can rule out preexisting infection; this might be valuable for an employer to protect against future litigation.

--Bill
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I would get a test just to be sure.
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My daughter in law (technically she was my son's girlfriend at the time) stepped on a syringe randomly on the street in her college town.  She was told by the med profession that theses viruses can live for months in a syringe, and to undergo the HIV treatment and be tested for the Hepatitises at the appropriate intervals.  She did as she was asked but
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  Good advice to get tested ,if ever being stuck with a needle when the past use is an unknown.
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I just found it interesting, Bill.  We talk about needle tips, etc.  Back in the day, we used to swap needle tips thinking that was sufficient.  Clearly, it wasn't and isn't.

The article itself was trying to account for the high incidence of IV drug infection and seems it's trying to pinpoint vectors of infection - with safe injection programs in mind and I guess designing them to be most effective.  
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