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Used knife that had fallen on floor hiv or hepatitis risk?
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Not at all: A knife in kitchen does not and can not HIV ot hepaitis virus, you have to stop worrying about some thing which is impossible hiv is transmitted by sex, or transfer of body fluids like blood etc, with some one or from some one who is infected with the virus and same hold true for hepatitis b you can not get these from a knife fallen on floor.
Answered 6/10/2014
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