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Can you get hiv or hcv from nail filing ?
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Depends: You would need to be exposed directly to blood or other bodily fluid, not to nail clippings. If your and their hands are clean, do not have open sores, and you don't file in such a way as to break the skin your risk is minimal to none.
Answered 10/28/2015
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