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  • 30 Years
  • 20/02/2025

Question

I work in a medical lab and was doing some rapid blood tests when a drop of HIV positive serum accidentally got into my eye. I didn't think to wash it out until about an hour later when my eye started getting irritated. How likely is it that I could contract HIV this way, through my eye?

Doctor 1

Answered by 1 Apollo Doctors

no

Dr. Mubarak Suggests...

Consult a Infectious Disease specialist

Answered 23 days ago

0

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