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Het intouch with HBV+ fresh blood on wound

So I accidently used a hbv+ blood contaminated cotton swab(less than10 minutes fresh) on my very small but bleeding wound. Is that a risk of infection? Thank you so much.
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Yes. That is risk. You need to get tested. Hepatitis B is very contagious.
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