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Hired domestic helper for a month,later came to know that she was hiv+.once she cut her finger & i only put bandaid after it stopped bleeding.plz help?
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Unlikely to be probl: Unless you have direct blood to blood contact (even then the risk is not high with a hand contact), you can't get HIV transmitted in this manner.
Answered 4/17/2016
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