Good evening everyone, I have a question related to HIV. Two weeks ago, I went to the medical analysis laboratory to carry out marriage tests and there were many patients before me. The nurse opened a new butterfly needle for drawing blood, which contained two needles, so he didn't wear gloves and touched the needle with his hands, then he inserted it into my arm and the other needle inserted into the collection tube remained on the table, and I saw that there was some blood on the table while the nurse was preparing the collection tube in order to connect it to the tip of the collection tube. needle that was on the table. After finishing, I became concerned about this behavior.
My question is: can the blood that was on the table cause me to contract HIV, which was touched by the coated tip of the needle?
What if there is blood on the nurse's hand that touched the needle before inserting it into my arm, is that a risk? I would like details please, I am very scared about this.
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