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Baby bottle spilled into open cut
I was working last night and at my job I was working with a young family. A few minutes before I helped them, I had cut my finger on the edge of a box and my finger was bleeding. Then the family came up, and a baby was sitting in the carriage, when I went to move the baby's carriage, its bottle spilled all over my hand including the open cut.
Now what if it was the mother's breast milk and the mother was HIV positive, then am I now at high risk for HIV?
There was a pathway into my bloodstream (the cut) and an infectious fluid (the breast milk) in theory. Should I be overly worried?
Now what if it was the mother's breast milk and the mother was HIV positive, then am I now at high risk for HIV?
There was a pathway into my bloodstream (the cut) and an infectious fluid (the breast milk) in theory. Should I be overly worried?
HIV becomes inactive & therefore unable to infect you once exposed to air.No risk.
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