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Can you get hiv by accidentally touching a bin used to store used pads if you have a cut on your hands?
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Very unlikely: There is a very remote risk, if the blood was from a HIV positive person and was fresh enough to not have dried and you had an open would that came in contact with blood containing HIV virus.
Answered 5/16/2017
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