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hello, I'm a manicurist and I had recent nipped one of my customer on her toe cuticle, which it then bleeds. I used a piece of cotton ball with some drops of septic to stop the bleeding. After that I touched that cotton ball with my bare fingers, thumb and index, my skin was intact. After that I soaked her feet back in the water, after a few minutes or I took her feet out, the bleeding stopped, gave her a feet massage for a few more minutes. Finally, I cleaned her nail plates with acetone soaked cotton ball prior to put on the polish, then I felt irritated due to the acetone got on my finger and I realized that I got a little scratch, but no bleeding, on the back side of my thumb.
Note, there was never any contact between my scratch and her blood, or her wounded area, if there was any contact that would be between my scratch area and those cotton balls soaked acetone. Or, the contaminated water that got onto my fingers.
Did I expose to any risks?
Note, there was never any contact between my scratch and her blood, or her wounded area, if there was any contact that would be between my scratch area and those cotton balls soaked acetone. Or, the contaminated water that got onto my fingers.
Did I expose to any risks?
However, there were occasions that minute quantity of blood or blood contaminated water got on my skin, which was intact, should I be worry? Other time I accidental got cut, which bled, and my clients have no cuts or cuts that had stopped bleeding. should i be worry?
However, there were occasions that minute quantity of blood or blood contaminated water got on my skin, which was intact, should I be worry? Other time I accidental got cut, which bled, and my clients have no cuts or cuts that had stopped bleeding. should i be worry?
There were are few occasions which I cut my clients feet and they bled a little bit and they put their feet back in the pedicure tub. In these case my hands are fine, no cut, or maybe unnoticable cuts but no bleed.
1) Note that the tub is a seasalt-water solution. so how long does the hiv virus survive in this solution? and possible the solution got on my hands, but no visible blood, so what is my potential risk?
Other time, I accidental poked my finger and it bled with the sharp end of the cuticle pusher, but in these cases, my clients were fine, they don't have noticable cuts or visible bleeding on their skin. Am I still expose?
My concern is that suppose while my finger had fresh cut and bled a little. and there was the contaminated blood from my clients in the seasalt-water solution. Am I still at risk?
1) Note that the tub is a seasalt-water solution. so how long does the hiv virus survive in this solution? and possible the solution got on my hands, but no visible blood, so what is my potential risk?
Other time, I accidental poked my finger and it bled with the sharp end of the cuticle pusher, but in these cases, my clients were fine, they don't have noticable cuts or visible bleeding on their skin. Am I still expose?
My concern is that suppose while my finger had fresh cut and bled a little. and there was the contaminated blood from my clients in the seasalt-water solution. Am I still at risk?
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