[Question #2337] Contact in room
96 months ago
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Thank you for your previous reply to my question. It helped a lot and I'd been without anxiety for weeks! Two incidents yesterday got me concerned and I think I'm safe but want to check to make sure you agree.
Yesterday I was bringing groceries up from my car via the
elevator in my apartment complex. When I was grabbing groceries from my trunk,
the pineapple I had in a bag poked my fingers and caused some bleeding. As I
was going into the elevator, right after I was poked by the pineapple, a man joined
me. We had a conversation and I stupidly shook his hand. Now I’m worried what if
he had blood or other secretions on his hand which got into my cut. I looked at
some other questions and it seems like it is not, but I shook hands with him
very shortly after I poked myself with pineapple and this is what has me
concerned. Is this a risk for me?
Second, an internet technician was in my apartment yesterday. He wiped his hands on my towel and right after he left, I wiped my hands on the towel. I noticed a stain on it that may be blood. I had a cut on my thumb from a knife. This is also not a risk, correct?
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
96 months ago
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96 months ago
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I think I know the answer to this question but I'd like to make sure. I worked with a woman today who told me right before I worked with her she opened a wound caused by a cat scratch. She told me right before she saw me she rinsed her wound off in the bathroom and then applied a bandaid she had in her purse. I worried that perhaps she somehow got blood on me. I didn't see any but I worried because I used the bathroom after her and perhaps I got blood on my hand and then into my body (via my nose or my eyes or ears - I don't believe I had any bleeding cuts). This is no risk and no need for testing, correct?
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
96 months ago
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