hiv from nurse

[suvajit]

few months back i was having iv antibiotic . while breaking the glass cap of antibiotics bottle nurse cut herself and little bleed also. my question is if one or two drop of blood goes into liquid antibiotics and then she draw the antibiotics into a syring to inject me what are my risk. there may be 15 to 20 seconds gap when she cut herself and blood antibiotics drwan into injection

[GuitarRox]

We hear about this fear a lot but this is not how people get hiv.  The way adults get HIV is very specific and involves having unprotected vaginal or anal sex or sharing IV drug needles.  Any blood from a cut is not going to get into the bottle and that is an irrational fear.  If you have a health anxiety issue where you frequently worry about this type of thing, it would be best to talk to a professional about it.

[suvajit]

but if any blood from the cut gets into the antibiotics bottle, then is there any chance??

[AnxiousNoMore]

Reread about the 3. The blood leaves the body so the hiv is dead before it gets into the bottle. Move on and next time you wonder if you got hiv ask yourself if you did any of the 3 and if the answer is no then move on again instead of wondering aobut the millions of other things you do giving you hiv. hiv science is 40 years old and no one in that 40 years got hiv the way you are worried so no one will in the next 40 of your life either.

[suvajit]

ok, but if she cut herself and dripped blood into bottle instantly then will be there any risk, does hiv live in liquid ??

[Kirstie_MHModerator]

You have been fully advised by several members that your situation is not a risk for HIV.  There is nothing further for our members to say about this  no-risk event.

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[AnxiousNoMore]

Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  (you feel there is a possibility that her blood ended up in the antibiotic which is still not a risk for hiv.) No worries, 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. 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.  I doubt she dripped blood in your antibiotics anyway, but even if she did the above explains why it is zero risk for hiv even if she did it instantly.