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Was cleaning a room and come across a couple of used pads from a few weeks ago have cuts on hand and used hand to put them in bin hepatitis or hiv?
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Wimpy virus: It is important to remember that viruses like hepc, HIV and others are strings of proteins that are connected by very weak bonds. They require many things to stay active and need living cells to reproduce and survive. Unless there was gross blood, mucous or some other organic substance from her body on that door and it got into your cut, the odds are very unlikely.
Answered 6/10/2014
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