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HIV FROM BAN AID IN POOL

need a little help. My son and I were swimming in our neighborhood pool. While we were in the pool I was talking to a friend and grabbed what I thought was a leaf and began fiddling with it in my  hands while we were talking. when I looked down at it after a minute I realized it was a band aid. say there was blood on the band aid and I touch it with a cut is there any risk? would the fact the the hiv is outside the body cause this to be no risk? and also does the chlorine kill hiv instantly ? please help I think my son touch it as well......thanks
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thanks to both of you for putting my mind at ease.
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480448 tn?1426948538
The chlorine has nothing to do with anything.  You can't get HIV from a band-aid...even if you had put it directly on top of a cut you had,.
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Thanks, I guess it was a stupid question, since chlorine was involved
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186166 tn?1385259382
NO RISK
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If you take worse case and say  the band aid had blood on it and it came in contact with my hands after a few seconds , does that change anything? Just concerned as my son may have touched it as well. Just a little conned as there was a good chance the the band aid could have had blood on it.
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186166 tn?1385259382
if you had paid attention to any of the responses that you've gotten on your other posts, then you would know the answer to this.
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