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How To Dispose A Needle Of An HIV Infected Person?
I was checking my dads sugar level and got stuck with the niddle that I used to prick his finger, it bleed and I used a achoal wipe to clean it. I do not know if he has hiv, but I know that he has been with women that have had hiv and hipittus. do I have anything to worry about ?
Tue, 29 Apr 2014
hi,
A small needle like sugar prick needle only very rarely transmits the disease. For a bored needle, the chances are one in 300, i believe, for you it must be less than 1 in 1000. Yet the status of your father is not known for sure whether he has HIV or not. hence, there is nothing to worry.
If you still have doubt, you can go for ELISA HIV after 12 weeks.
hope this helped.
A small needle like sugar prick needle only very rarely transmits the disease. For a bored needle, the chances are one in 300, i believe, for you it must be less than 1 in 1000. Yet the status of your father is not known for sure whether he has HIV or not. hence, there is nothing to worry.
If you still have doubt, you can go for ELISA HIV after 12 weeks.
hope this helped.
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