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Can you get any diseases if you were undressed on a exam table and the table wasn't covered ?
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Very unlikely: unless there was visible dirt or body secretions/blood on the table and you had open wounds, it would be very unlikely to become infected that way. You can become colonized with any bacteria that were on the table, but that can also happen anywhere with any surface (e.g. a shopping cart, exercise machine).
Answered 12/23/2014
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