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I was in the hospital and had several scrapes from a motorcycle crash, was wondering about my chances of getting hiv as some of the nurses touched my scrapes without gloves and i touched a wheelchair with those scrapes?

Q: i was in the hospital and had several scrapes from a motorcycle crash, was wondering about my chances of getting hiv as some of the nurses touched my scrapes without gloves and i touched a wheelchair with those scrapes?

: HIV is transmitted through broken skin, open wounds at both ends, but mostly through mucosal membranes which is not what above scenario describes. HIV does not survive on inanimate surfaces. A reliable site is cdc.gov in clarifying HIV transmission.

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HIV is transmitted through broken skin, open wounds at both ends, but mostly through mucosal membranes which is not what above scenario describes. HIV does not survive on inanimate surfaces. A reliable site is cdc.gov in clarifying HIV transmission.

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Answered 8/30/2021

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A member asked:

I was in the hospital and had several scrapes from a motorcycle crash, was wondering about my chances of getting hiv as some of the nurses touched my scrapes without gloves and i touched a wheelchair with those scrapes?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Dr Singh and another doctor agreed

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