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Can you contract hiv or hepatitis during the cleaning of medical instruments?
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Blood on it?: Hiv & hepatitis c are transmitted by contact with an infected persons blood. No blood = no transmission. Medical instruments typically have blood on them. Therefore they must be handled in a manner that none of this blood can get on you.
Answered 5/27/2013
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