Does Hiv Blood Survive In Water

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HIV survives in water ?

If i touch a glass of water that contains HIV+ vaginal fluid in it, can we consider the virus dead because of the solution in water?...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiYes you can not only because of the water but HIV does not survive long after it leaves the body. So this is not a way to get HIV.Be well and stay safe, Shannon... Read more »

Seman and blood in water

Seman and blood in the bukket with water .i used this water for bath.what are the transmission risk of hiv?how long hiv virus survive in water?...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Is this water that is shared with others who may have left blood or semen in it? Would be best to use freash water if available.There would be no risk of transmitting HIV if you are washing your body and you have no open wounds, the skin is a great... Read more »

Blood & Semen Survivability of HIV Outside of the Body

I have a 2 questions regarding HIV transmission and survivability outside of the body.1,) How long will the HIV virus survive in blood outside of the body say within a insulin type of needle. I have been told by some needle sharers that the needle...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Your friends might be wrong on both counts. Here's some information that hopefully helps:1) Please refer my previous response to the question "Lifespan of virus in needle"... Read more »

Would Hiv survive on a lollipop?

At a friend's bachelor party I recently attended, there were two strippers hired for entertainment. While they did not offer or initiate any direct oral or vaginal sex, they did play certain "games". One involved a small lollipop that...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

This is a really difficult situation to answer. If there were vaginal secretions on the lollipop (and let's assume there were), then putting the lollipop in your mouth would expose you to her vaginal secretions. If there were any type of cuts... Read more »

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Could HIV virus survive after normal laundry?

Posted by sushi77, 1 Reply

Hello there,

My pants were contaminated by somebody's blood the day before yesterday. Later, I put that pants into the laundry machine with some other clothes . I washed them in normal washing cycle (cold water cycle with normal detergent), and dried... Read more »

Could HIV virus still survive after normal laundry

Posted by sushi77, 2 Replies

HIV Survival

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I've been searching everywhere and cannot find a good answer to this question. How long will HIV survive in everyday environments outside of the body? There was a small amount of dried blood (much less than a milliliter) on the sink in a public... Read more »

a simple question on hiv's survival

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I found there was some stain on my razor after it was borrowed by one of my friends one day before. So I put it under tap water flow for 30 seconds first, and dried the blade up. Then I scrubbed the blade with Iodine soaked cotton stick for several... Read more »

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