Lancet risk

[Samirahmed787]

Hi I was encouraged to get tested after 7 months from date of exposure (rubbing) and went to the testing center after the health nurse tested me for hiv  , hvc and syphilis and after prick me in my finger with a lancet but it wasn't a lancet like i see in self tests it looks like a traditional lancet like the diabetes lancet I'm afraid the needle  contaminates the hiv or hbv, hvc that he injected me is used and that the nurse forgot to change the lancet a reused lancet knowing that all my tests are negative Do I have to retest after 3 months I'm really afraid  that this lancet has already been used on a person infected with hiv. moreover, i see that the lancet was clean and i did not see a single drop of blood in the lancet.  THANKS

[CurfewX]

I don't know who encouraged you to get tested for HIV from your no-risk exposure, but they were incorrect.

Lancets don't transmit HIV.  Only hollow-bore needles with syringes attached that are used to inject substances directly into your blood stream are a risk for HIV.  It doesn't matter whether the lancet was clean, dirty, had blood on it, or whatever - ZERO risk for HIV.

You didn't need to test for HIV at all since you never had a risk for HIV. You definitely don't need to test again.

[Samirahmed787]

Thank you very much My friend encouraged me to get tested and I think I have OCD the problem is that I did not see the nurse change the lancet because he was talking to me friendly and asking me if I was okay because I was nervous and and scarred I asked him if he could change the gloves, and he responded to my request and changed his glove And when he finished taking a blood sample, he threw the lancet in the trash that's all

[CurfewX]

Well, now you know this event wasn't a risk, so you can move on.