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Risks (Accident and Sharp Object) for HIV

Hello, I am in VietNam

I have two issues that need to be answered about the risk. Please help me

01. Accident !

My friend had an accident, his legs were bleeding a lot.
It took him about 30 minutes to get to my place (from the place where the accident happened)
He is a worker so his hands and feet have a lot of machine oil.

I washed his wound, and my hand got a little bit of his blood on it.

At that time, there were a few scratches on my hand (no bleeding, about 2 wounds that stopped bleeding for more than 12 hours), and my nails were long ...

after that, I wash my hands with soap (wash only once and quickly)

About 5-10 minutes after washing my hands, I pull out my nose and peel the food.

I had a sinus infection so I often had nosebleeds, not much (At that time there was no blood, but deep inside I didn't know)

I want to ask about risk if:
I hook my nose when washing my hands for a short time (virus exists in the nails or not)
Will the virus get into the scratches on my hands?


02. Sharp objects

Me and my friend are mechanical workers.
My friend was scratched by a sharp object (milling cutter, 4 mm diameter), bleeding little (the scratch was about 3 mm long). I'm not sure if there is blood on the sharp object (Because he got scratched through very quickly). "And that object has water on it"

After 3 minutes, I was also scratched by the object, bleeding a lot ...
I want to ask about risk for this case

Thank you very much
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Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  ( tools, legs, oil, blood from cuts, etc.). No hiv worries, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the worst that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
Your situation of being cut and rubbing someone else's blood and cuts is common to everyone on this planet, although maybe it doesn't happen to others as much as it does to people in your profession, but you have never read of anyone getting hiv this way because it doesn't happen. Move on.
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Oh really ?
Thank you for your help

I have read many infomation and sources in Vietnam (my country)... so i feel very very worried.

So i am not in danger of what I have been through, right ?
ZERO danger.

Do not have unprotected intercourse, and do not share intravenous needles with other people, and you will never have to worry about HIV.
Thank you very much !
Sorry for asking again!
In the 02 situation, if the time is 30 seconds after my friend had been cut, then i was...
The tool was still wet...

I am very worried, because i am in the same case, but may be more dangerous

Thank you
You can't get infected through an inanimate object. It has never happened and you are not going to be the first one.

You have been provided excellent insight and there is nothing left to be desired. I will reiterate, you had no risk and don't need to test.
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