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I take a bus today and I sit at a seat that is next to the back door. When I sit down, I noticed that there is an used band-aid that is stick to the back of my front seat. One end of the band-aid is stick to the back seat and the other end is loose and I see some blood on it. I am facing it and it is right in front of me. I would like to know will I be infected if I accidently touch it.

Submitted: 23 days and 9 hours ago.
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Posted by Schuyler_ANP 23 days and 9 hours ago.

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Hello,

 

Welcome to Just Answer and thanks for your question. If the blood on the bandaid is still wet, and if the person who wore it is infected, and if the portion of your body that touches it has an opening in the skin, there is a very small possibility that would be infected with whatever that person had. However, I cannot imagine a prudent person touching a used bandaid on a public conveyance.

 

 

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The reason why I aked this question is because when I sat down at the seat, I did not notice that band aid. What if I accidently touched it, what is the chance for me to get infected ?

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You would first need to know if the person who left the bandaid had an infection. If they didn't your chances would be zero. Also zero unless you touched infected wet blood with an injured finger so that blood exchange could occur. Even with needlesticks from confirmed HIV infected blood, health care workers are infected only a minority of the time. We can assume your odds of getting an infection are nothing to worry about.

 

 

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