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no gloves when removing iv needle
when i was leaving the hospital yesterday the nurse removed my iv needle using a piece of gauze without gloves. if she had hiv blood on her hand from another patient or a cut on her hand and she was hiv positive can the blood go through the gauze and into my vein and contract hiv or would the virus become inactive being exposed to the air and light?
looks like your hiv anxiety has kicked back in (lucky us)
NO THIS WOULD NOT BE A RISK
NO THIS WOULD NOT BE A RISK
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