Thank you for the great service I have many questions  please answer all of them individually English not my first language 

1) MY RISK  was my son went for hiking and he got a cut on his knee my worry was the person applying the bandaid and gauze  on my son would have a cut on his finger (because of hiking ) and got wet blood  from the bleeding finger on gauze or bandaid and applied on my son wound  assuming the person applied the gauze and Bandaid  is infected with these viruses

 I have REAd on your forum this scenario above will not will cause hiv or hepatitis c or hepatitis b or any blood borne infections or  stds so same answer for my son

 1a) To answer question 1  above since blood is outside of The body(environment) this  would not cause hiv ,hepatitis b or hepatitis c or stds or any kind of blood borne infections as doctor hook has said ? 

 1b) keep it  simple to AVOID  hiv hepatitis b or hepatitis c or stds or blood borne infections just dont have Unprotected sex or Sharing drug injection equipment 

1c)  by drug injection equipment  in question 1b above ONLY  means  hollow needle with syringes used to  inject yourself by inserting hollow needle into your vein  It means NO other kind of objects ! as you doctors  have said on your forum along with my Doctor . ? 

2) conclude gauze , bandaid or sharp objects e.g  glass , sharp pin cannot cause hiv hepatitis c or hepatitis b or stds or any blood borne infections if contaminated  with wet blood or body fluid  if was immediate even  very simple  this is what my local doctor has also said   & my doctor says we only get blood borne infections from sharing hollow needle with syringe to inject with or by sex   ? 

2b) my OWN DOCTOR  and doctor hunter agree also that discarded hollow needle injury with syringe or without to the hollow needle at park or hospital or any where has never caused hepatitis c or hepatitis b or hiv or stds  other blood borne infection How long viruses syringe/ needle is irrelevant  I’m sure you agree? 

Thank you for reading other forum discussions on the topics you are concerned about. You have correctly interpreted what you found:  all your questions only ask to confirm the information you already learned. I am happy to do that.

1a) Of course your son's blood is no risk if he doesn't have HIV or hepatitis C. Even if he has them, you have correctly interpreted Dr. Hook's previous advice. 

1b) Yes, those are the only steps you need to take to avoid HIV, hepatitis C, and all blood borne infections.

2) I agree exactly with your doctor about the absence of risk from contact with sharp objects or blood contamination in the environment.

2b) Thank you also for understanding my own previous advice and that of your doctor. There has never been research on how long HIV might survive in hollow needles, but probably it's no more than a few hours. In any case, there has never been a case of HIV or other blood borne infection acquired by injury from a discarded needle.

I hope these comments are helpful. Let me know if anything isn't clear.

HHH, MD

3) why I asked point 1 and 2 because then I cannot get hiv hepatitis b or hepatitis c or stds  borne infections from 

LANCET as it’s a sharp object if a person pricked himself with a lancet got wet blood on lancet and then pricked me with it immediately 

Or gauze , bandaid , Cotton ball  if person has bleeding finger got wet blood on gauze  etc and applied on my wound?

 

As we are not sharing HOLLOW needle with syringe(drug injection equipment) or having sex ? 

4) yes I want to clear this point 1d of previous post  my doctor says 

Discarded hollow needle injury  /needle stick that cause bleeding 

It doesn’t matter if hollow needle is ATTACHED  to the syringe or not 

Or if just a syringe without the hollow needle 

And how long was the needle /syringe outside in hospital or park or any where 

Few seconds ? Or hours ? It Doesn’t matter 

IN ANY case it doesn’t cause hiv hepatitis b or hepatitis c   Or stds or blood bone infections ANYWHERE 

Because I am not sharing hollow needle with syringe to inject blood into the body 

Like pushing plunger of syringe like drug addicts would 

4a) this topic of discarded hollow needle / syringe is especially true for hepatitis c 

All the other details you ask either are irrelevant or don't matter. The risks of blood-borne infections from contact with infected needles or injection equipment is a theoretical risk that has rarely happened, if ever. I am unaware of even a single report that this happened to anybody in the past 40 years of the known world wide HIV/AIDS epidemic. Therefore, the details you ask have not been studied. It is generally believed that HIV probably does not survive in used equipment more than a day or so. In any case, if nobody has ever been infected in this manner, it is something you should note worried about.

That concludes this thread. I hope the discussion has been helpful. Best wishes and stay safe.