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Bought a bag at yard sale with spot on it. while cleaning it i noticed it was probably dried blood. i had a cuticle cut on my hand. now im in panic. hcv risk? or am i being irrational? i kept squeezing the sponge before it dawned on me it was blood
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No risk, no worry: It takes much more intensive blood exposure than this to transmit HCV or any other blood borne virus. Even if the spot was HIV infected blood, just touching it is no risk. Don't worry about it. In some ways, public health and medical educators have done a poor job in educating people about blood risks, making people think that even minor contact is risky. That's almost never the case.
Answered 9/12/2019
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