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I had an open wound from accident and for cleaning went to hospital for cleaning there was another person whi was having his wound cleaned and the person who was cleaning his wound has blood on his glove and he gave the nurse the gauz which he held and blood came in contact with the gauze and with that gauze the nurse cleaned my wound which was open and puss coming out what is the chance of transmitting hiv and hepatitis please do reply as soon as possible please I am really worried.
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Don't worry, there are no chances of HIV transmission.
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Chances are extremely low or almost zero still you want to confirm it by report then you have to wait till 15 days of incidence and then have to go for special kind of hiv test.
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