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A member asked:
While removing the used lancet from the pen kind of a machine used for pricking, my finger touched the lancet it did not pricked much. there was no blood, no scratch nothing. can it still transmit hiv i don't know my uncle has hiv or not but still?
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Only touching a potentially HIV contaminated needle with intact skin would not cause transmission. Caution should be exercised otherwise as HIV as well as Hep B and/or C can be transmitted by causing superficial wounds if improperly handled.
Answered 4/30/2021
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