Blood (possible) on hand to eye

[kbat2012]

So I know this is going to sound stupid but just wanted to make sure.  I’m currently in the Persian gulf area for a year and we were downtown by the beach.  I used a public restroom which to say it was dirty would be an understatement.  Anyway after using the restroom I rinsed off my hands (I say rinsed because the soap dispenser was broken).  We are staying about an hour from the area and on the way I took out my contact which was bothering me with the same hand I had used to touch the nosel of the sink (which was still very wet)...at this time my hands were dry.

I guess my concern is that I could have gotten blood or secretions on my hands in a moist environment like the restroom and then put myself at risk by touching my eye.  I didnt see any visavle blood and did wipe my hands in my jeans after the rinsing (due to no paper towels).  I guess my big fear her is that the area is known for a lot of SE Asian expat working as prostitutes in the area and a lot of people here apparently don’t get tested due to their fear of religious stigma.  

Am I correct in the knowledge that even had I touched blood or secretions on the sink nosel, and then about 20-40 minutes later took out my contact, this is a no risk situation due to the virus being exposed to the air?

I appreciate the reassurance and am working with a counselor to get over my heath anxiety, it’s a process and i guess for whatever reason this worried me.

Thank you

[mike_no]

HIV essentially is a sexually transmitted disease, let's not deviate from that. Your situation seems to be unrealistic and your fears are irrational. As suggested to you earlier by other members of this forum, please keep working with your therapist. You don't have an HIV concern.

[AnxiousNoMore]

You have been advised here before of the only risks for hiv, so there is no purpose in going over that again.
Continue with the counselor because one on one is what you need.Dirty washrooms don't create hiv transmission so you have a ways to go.

[AnxiousNoMore]

This answers all of your HIV questions, and if you can think of any more just reread about the 3. You had zero risk therefore  testing is irrelevant to your situation because you had zero risk. HIV is a fragile virus, which is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external 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 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with.
The only way to get HIV is if you did one of the 3. The situation you describe 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, external rubbing or oral activities. Doctors have calculated the risk from what you describe to be less than that of being hit by a meteor, therefore no one will get HIV from what you did in the next 40 years of your life either. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established, so no detail that you can add to your encounter will change it from zero risk.
If you didn't have one of the 3 then you are just worrying about your own hiv theory - which is unrealistic for you to think that can become reality - so you should move on back to your happy life instead.