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Can one get infected with hiv through a sewing needle that may have pierced someone else but does not have a visible blood.?

April 26, 2017blood Infected needle pierced sewing visible

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Can one get infected with hiv through a sewing needle that may have pierced someone else but does not have a visible blood.?

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HIV can be spread through a sewing needle, but the blood on the needle would have to be fairly fresh, like less than a couple minutes old. HIV dies rapidly outside the human body and normally by the time blood is dry, HIV is dead.