Can Some One Get Hiv From A Needle Prick

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hiv from needle prick in africa

HiI am currently voluntering in Kenya and I was working with some ladies on a bag making project we run. I took a needle from one of them and it pricked my skin. I did not notice any bleeding after. I am concerned that I may have contracted Hiv if...

Response from Richard Cordova III

Test Positive Aware Network

Hi there:HIV does not live well outside of the body. The needle would need to have gone deep enough to allow access to the bloodstream. It's also not likely that the tip of the non-hollow needle would have enough blood to transmit the virus.... Read more »

acidental prick of needle from HIV + patient

I am a medical general practitioiner. After giving an injection to HIV+ patient the needle... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

pregnanat healtcare worker purposely pricked herself w/needle and now demands i take an hiv test and is getting workers comp

I am HIV negative as of one year ago and am celibate so no reason to have a great fear of carrying... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada: Needle Exchange Won't Be "One-for-One"

At a news conference on Thursday, Ottawa officials announced revisions to the city's needle exchange program that aim to reduce both the spread of HIV and the problem of discarded needles. Though he had once called a one-for-one exchange the... Read more »

Vancouver Study: Suburban Drug Users at Risk to Share Needles: Downtown Users Tend to Use Needle Exchange

Findings published in last week in the international journal AIDS indicate that the Vancouver drug users most likely to engage in sharing needles are single, young, male, live outside the city and get their needles from sources other than... Read more »

Massachusetts: Provincetown Hosts One of Few Needle Swaps

Operated by the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod and funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Provincetown's needle exchange program (NEP) is one of only four in the state. The others operate in Boston, Cambridge and Northampton. But... Read more »

One in Three Injections in Developing World Administered With Unsterile Needle, Study Says

People in the developing world receive too many injections, and one in three of the injections is administered with an unsterile needle, increasing the risk of HIV transmission, according to a study published in the Nov. 8 issue of BMJ , Reuters ... Read more »

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Deliberate Needle prick

Posted by WorriedLad

Hi sorry to bother anyone here but im really looking for a bit of advice. Ive been living with an issue now for 3 years regarding something which happened to me whilst i was holidaying in Ibiza. I was stuck in the arm by someone with what i can... Read more »

Needles in the vending machine

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Say you were to get pricked by a needle on the finger how deep would the wound have to be in order for the HIV fluid to get into your body ? what is the risk ? and would you even bleed ? im not the needle guy on here, just a guy who read alot of... Read more »

Needles

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I work in a bad area of downtown Vancouver its the east side and anyone tht is from canada or comes to Vancouver often will know how bad it is and how much IV drug users we have down on tht part of town but i was jw if you say got pricked by a... Read more »

GETTING INJECTED WITH A CONTAMINATED NEEDLE . HELP

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I went to donate blood on may 9. They had only 2 nurses and a receptionist at the front desk. Since there were 2 people before that were donating already, and only 2 nurses, the receptionist took my temperature, blood pressure and pulse and also... Read more »

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