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What Are The Chance Of Me Getting HIV?
Sir, I am 27 year old male doing post graduation in pharmacology (MD).
I have never done any high risk behaviour e.g sexual intercourse, no needle stick injury and no blood transfusion.
Around 1 year back i was working in my lab without gloves for estimation of plasma ascorbic acid in diabetic patient’s samples. I used to take serum with the help of pipette having tip. Few times I have removed and applied new tip to pipette bare hand taking care that I will hold only uppermost part of tip which is not in contact with serum. Also I am sure that no serum drop fallen on my hands during the procedure. As far as cuts and injuries on hands are considered, I can remember that there were no cuts or injuries at least on my planter aspects of my hand.
Thereafter I never handled samples
Since few days I think if I might have touched the serum part of tip and then I am at risk. Even this thought has ruined my life. How much risk of HIV infection I am having and do I really need to test because I am at such point of time that I am having my final exam in June 2011 also the thesis.
plz help me sir this is ruining my life
I have never done any high risk behaviour e.g sexual intercourse, no needle stick injury and no blood transfusion.
Around 1 year back i was working in my lab without gloves for estimation of plasma ascorbic acid in diabetic patient’s samples. I used to take serum with the help of pipette having tip. Few times I have removed and applied new tip to pipette bare hand taking care that I will hold only uppermost part of tip which is not in contact with serum. Also I am sure that no serum drop fallen on my hands during the procedure. As far as cuts and injuries on hands are considered, I can remember that there were no cuts or injuries at least on my planter aspects of my hand.
Thereafter I never handled samples
Since few days I think if I might have touched the serum part of tip and then I am at risk. Even this thought has ruined my life. How much risk of HIV infection I am having and do I really need to test because I am at such point of time that I am having my final exam in June 2011 also the thesis.
plz help me sir this is ruining my life
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
Hello
Since you are a medico and doing PG in pathology and handling of such type of products are most common so in detail read this carefully and you will get the answer .
There is a small but definite , occupational risk of HIV transmission to health care workers ( doctors 0 and laboratory personnel and potentially others who owrks with HIV-containing materials particularly when SHARP OBJECTS are used ( but in your case it was just contact ).
Large multi-institutional studies have indicated that the risk of HIV transmission following skin puncture from a needle or sharp object that WAS contaminated with blood from a person documented HIV infection is less than 0.3 % and a mucous membrane exposure it is less than 0.09%.
HIV transmission after NON-INTACT skin exposure has been documented , average risk for transmission by this route has not been precisely determined;however, it is estimated to be less than the risk of mucous membrane exposure . TRANSMISSION OF HIV THROUGH INTACT SKIN NOT BEEN DOCUMENTED ( your case is in this category , so don't take unnecessary tension and you are HIV free).
You can read from Harrison's Internal medicine 16th edition volume 1 page no. 1081 for your confirmation.
Hope this will be helpful for you.
Good luck.
Since you are a medico and doing PG in pathology and handling of such type of products are most common so in detail read this carefully and you will get the answer .
There is a small but definite , occupational risk of HIV transmission to health care workers ( doctors 0 and laboratory personnel and potentially others who owrks with HIV-containing materials particularly when SHARP OBJECTS are used ( but in your case it was just contact ).
Large multi-institutional studies have indicated that the risk of HIV transmission following skin puncture from a needle or sharp object that WAS contaminated with blood from a person documented HIV infection is less than 0.3 % and a mucous membrane exposure it is less than 0.09%.
HIV transmission after NON-INTACT skin exposure has been documented , average risk for transmission by this route has not been precisely determined;however, it is estimated to be less than the risk of mucous membrane exposure . TRANSMISSION OF HIV THROUGH INTACT SKIN NOT BEEN DOCUMENTED ( your case is in this category , so don't take unnecessary tension and you are HIV free).
You can read from Harrison's Internal medicine 16th edition volume 1 page no. 1081 for your confirmation.
Hope this will be helpful for you.
Good luck.
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