Needle touched on table surface before drawing blood

[gmkumar]

I went for cbc test to lab, nurse after opening Needle from syringe , to pick cotton ball and spirit she put syringe on table where blood samples are placed in tray. While putting syringe on table the needle touched the table surface , immediately after that nurse drawn blood from me. So I am worried about blood borne diseases. Please help me.

[GuitarRox]

What you describe is not a risk for HIV in any way.  The only ways that adults get HIV is to have unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse or to share IV drug needles. Air inactivates the virus. While it is doubtful that anything actually touched blood, any blood on the table, sample tray, or surfaces would not transmit the virus.  It's exposed to air.  This is ZERO risk.

[gmkumar]

Thank you @GR. Do I need to worry about other blood borne virus?

[GuitarRox]

no.  You don't describe any blood but actually describe what is likely an anxiety disorder that makes you think up what if scenarios.

[gmkumar]

Reason I am worried because virus live for days especially like hcv, from splash or drop of blood too small to visible.

[AnxiousNoMore]

Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  (hands,  blood, table etc.). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are only 3 ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe.

hiv does not live for days so you are mixing up different viruses and thinking they are all the same.

You were previously advised to get mental health therapy. You also have threads that were closed so were these also about hiv?
https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/bleeding-wound-comes-in-contact-with-scissor-/show/3064015

[gmkumar]

No I have asked above thread only for hcv. I have stopped thinking about above thread but needle event is worried because it is inserted deep to draw blood

[Sara_MHModerator]

Your question was answered that you do not have an HIV risk from what you describe.

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