Doctor...two Days Before Morning Iam Going To Driving School...That School

Posted on Thu, 23 Jun 2022

Question: Doctor...two days before morning iam going to driving school...That school main way having robe...that robe having one notice.. That notice having open stapler pin...That pin was pricked me doctor..previousy one person also pricking that same pin when he pull that robe...i think he is lorry driver...after few second me too pricking that same pin..is My exposure is risky doctor??one drop blood only seen my finger doctor...how much seconds hiv blood living in outside doctor...??

Answered by Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar (15 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Your HIV risk is negligible

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to ASK A DOCTOR through HCM.
Thanks for posting your query.
HIV is a highly fragile virus. It will not be viable outside the body fluids not more than few seconds. Medicine is not mathematics to get constant answer. When the thin film of blood stain over the stapler pin got dried and the cellular contents in this blood film died the HIV cannot survive anymore as these virus need living cells to thrive.
Not to worry much.
Dr S.Murugan

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar