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can you get hiv this way?
so i went to get my blood work done today and i had to sit on a chair to get my blood drawn. right behind my chair was those containers where you put the used needles in. my little cousin was with me when i got my blood drawn. he's curious so he saw the container and asked me what it was. i said "it's nothing, don't worry about it." and he was so curious about it that he put his hand in it. i started to freak out. i looked inside and there was needles with the plastic tubes with blood in it. i told my cousin to wash his hands immediately. is there a risk for him to get hiv because he stuck his hand in the container with the needles?
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- ?Lv 77 years ago
I don't hardly think so. He'd would have had to be stuck with a needed that had just previously been used on an HIV patient. I think that's highly unlikely.
- Anonymous7 years ago
Not sure how he could reach up to do that, but if he did not have any needle sticks he has zero exposure. Even if he did get a stick the odds are still astronomical.