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Possible exposure!!! Should I get vaccinated for hepatitis b?

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newhopes123
newhopes123

Today I had blood test. I think person who drew blood was in experienced. Blood start flowing like a river from edges of syringe during blood draw that it reached to holder and almost soaked it on it's upper part. So after drawing blood they cleaned blood with cotton then put that same cotton on injection site to stop it bleeding, though after 30 sec coming to my senses I asked for another cotton. My concern is what if holder had blood from some other patient and when they cleaned my blood, cotton might get contaminated with virus and can therefore contaminate my wound. could it catch hepb or c? I know hiv doesn't survive long and hard to infect.

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