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Wiped floor with cloth had no glove and had stood on that part of floor with uribe on shoes if cuts touched floor am i at hepatitis or hov risk?

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Very Very unlikely: You can not get HIV and hepatitis the way you described.

Answered 6/10/2014

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Dr. Grace Torres-hodges answered

Specializes in Podiatry

Very remote...: Hepatitis and HIV are cannot be contracted that way. But anytime you have a cut in the skin, you risk picking up a infection - more likely bacterial or fungal.

Answered 6/10/2014

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