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Rinsed safety pin with warm water (had been sitting on my deck for over a week.) pricked myself w/pin 3x &drew blood. could this cause hiv infection?
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No: You're an adult now, and you need to be accurately informed about the basics of HIV infection. You can't get it except from another person who's actively infected, and it needs to be very fresh blood or other body fluid. Life is difficult enough without these fears. Best wishes.
Answered 8/15/2017
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