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blood drawing transfer device, risk?

hello everyone, can a nurse please answer my question?
here in China they draw my blood and they use a new needle that penetrate my skin, and i did not see the nurse use a new blood transfer device that has another needle in it that screws the vacuum container, and they use the same collection to draw two blood, so they draw the first one then they stop and get the other vacuum and put it in the same needle, what worries me is that the nurse maybe did not use a new blood transfer device that it has it own needle am i at risk?, and the one drawn blood before me she was HIV positive
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480448 tn?1426948538
You don't need a test.....you've been around here long enough to know the testing protocols.  A DUO at 4 weeks is definitive.
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ok, thank you for your reply, one last thing now, it is been almost 6 weeks now, if i get combo test at 6 weeks, is it conclusive?? or the CDC is still saying only 3 months is definitive?
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480448 tn?1426948538
The second needle (the one that punctures the tube) is attached to the needle that punctures the skin, the whole double needle piece screws into the vacutainer.  There is no possible way one would be reused and one would be new.  

Irrational thinking.  You really should make that professional help a priority.
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it was not the vacuum container, it was the needle that screws the vacuum container, is it a risk? as i said they use two needles not one needle
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thank you, i know that the vacuum container are reusable, but what worries me is the blood transfer device, they don't use only one needle that has two sharp eds, they two needles, one needle penetrate my skin and the other needle screws the vacuum, what if the other part of the needle was reused? i will seek help soon, but just want to calm myself now because i am traveling
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480448 tn?1426948538
You're talking about a vacutainer, they're reused all the time, there is no HIV risk whatsoever.

You still are exhibiting irrational fears about HIV...have you sought help yet?
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they get a needle and screw it in the blood transfer device, so if they did not change the blood transfer device, am i at risk this way? and i saw the blood vacuum holder has some things in it, but i know this is not a risk, is the blood transfer device a risk?
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