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Can A Pin Prick Cause HIV Infection?

I clean at a clinic and when I went to get trash out of trash can I pricked the side of my index finger with an insulin needle that was in the bottom it started bleeding very little so I used hand sanitizer then went a washed my hands with soap and hot water after I was done with everything else a couple hours later I went to the ER and they took blood and gave a tetanus shot I won t know the results from the testing till Thursday but is possible for me to contract HIV
Tue, 12 Sep 2017
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hi .. understand your query.HIV needs to go to bloodstream for causing infection. The chances of getting infected are very low. Hope for the best.
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Can A Pin Prick Cause HIV Infection?

hi .. understand your query.HIV needs to go to bloodstream for causing infection. The chances of getting infected are very low. Hope for the best.