A member asked:

I had a fresh 42 hrs small wound on my thumb. i had no gloves when i had to wash someone else's fresh blood stain from their clothes. i had to rub a lot. i used cold water and and detergent. what are the risks of being infected with hiv, hcv, hbv?thx?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

From this description, there was little if any risk, even the other person has one of those blood borne infections. Cleaning a blood stain from clothing isn't the same as direct exposure to an infected person's blood by a sharp instrument. I wouldn't worry at all about this -- especially since you apparently have no reason to believe the other person has any of these infections.

Answered 5/6/2023

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