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Can you get any diseases from blood that is 2 weeks old ? if your shirt hits into it and your arm touches your shirt can you get anything?
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No risk, no worries: Such fleeting, superficial contact with blood -- even fresh, wet blood -- carries no significant risk for any infection. And the risk is for sure zero for old, dry blood. Don't worry about it.
Answered 12/20/2014
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