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HSV or HPV from Doorknob to Healing Wound?

I know this is extremely paranoid, but any words of wisdom would be help. I was at an std clinic getting tested (everything came back negative), but after I went to the bathroom, I obviously touched the doorknob and like an idiot forgot to wash my hands. About a half hour later while on the train home, I took off the bandage where they had drawn blood (the puncture site was not bleeding and had presumably clotted). I'm not sure, but I may have touched the puncture site with the hand that had touched the bathroom door...Is there any risk of HSV/HPV or some other virus even being transferred from the door to my hand and even then into my body if I touched the puncture site, even though it had already clotted/stopped bleeding??

Sorry for the absurdity, but I would appreciate some closure...Thank you!
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Okay, great. Thank you.
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There is no risk of HSV/HPV in what you describe.
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