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I Once Put An Dirty Shopping Bag On The Sink
Question: I once put an dirty shopping bag on the sink table, this bag may be contaminated with blood since i saw some brown stain on it. I used a mop to clean the table surface sfter discard the bag and washed it after finishing. There is no obvious stain left on mop too. i keep on using the mop in the wash room for drying the sink table is there is wager split on it. Since it is beside the tap, the mod is almost alwasy wet. my question is that if the stain on bag is HIV contaminated blood and I did what i explained before, would HIV survive in mop and further contaminated my sink table when i used it?
and today, one month after incident, i used that mop again to clean my desk, will my desk contaminated with virus too?
and today, one month after incident, i used that mop again to clean my desk, will my desk contaminated with virus too?
Brief Answer:
There is absolutly no risk for HIV .
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome in"Ask a Doctor".
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Based on your history, I think you shouldn't worry because there is absolutly no risk for HIV to survive in the mop and contaminated your sink table( even if the stain could have been blood).
You should know that HIV cannot live outside the body just few minutes.
So, please be calm and don't worry about HIV!
Hope I have answered your query.
Feel free to ask me further.
There is absolutly no risk for HIV .
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome in"Ask a Doctor".
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Based on your history, I think you shouldn't worry because there is absolutly no risk for HIV to survive in the mop and contaminated your sink table( even if the stain could have been blood).
You should know that HIV cannot live outside the body just few minutes.
So, please be calm and don't worry about HIV!
Hope I have answered your query.
Feel free to ask me further.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Thanks for your reply.
I have bad habit like figure pick and pick my pimple while I am working. So, if I touch the table or water sink (The surface has dried) wiped by that mop and did not wash the hands and picked my pimple and a little bit bleeding. There should not be any risk right?
I have bad habit like figure pick and pick my pimple while I am working. So, if I touch the table or water sink (The surface has dried) wiped by that mop and did not wash the hands and picked my pimple and a little bit bleeding. There should not be any risk right?
Brief Answer:
There is absolutly no risk for HIV .
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome in "Ask a Doctor".
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Please don' t worry , there is absolutly no risk for HIV even in this situation because HIV cannot live outside the body just few minutes.
Hope I have answered your query.
Regards.
There is absolutly no risk for HIV .
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome in "Ask a Doctor".
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Please don' t worry , there is absolutly no risk for HIV even in this situation because HIV cannot live outside the body just few minutes.
Hope I have answered your query.
Regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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