Can I ask you guys something?

Question

I helped my friend dressed hs wound that day when he had a fall and bleed alot. This quesion came across my mind.

What if he is a HIV patient, & how long can the HIV Virus(inside the blood) stay outside the body

Answer 1

Scientists and medical authorities agree that HIV does not survive well outside the body, making the possibility of environmental transmission remote. HIV is found in varying concentrations or amounts in blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk, saliva, and tears. To obtain data on the survival of HIV, laboratory studies have required the use of artificially high concentrations of laboratory-grown virus. Although these unnatural concentrations of HIV can be kept alive for days or even weeks under precisely controlled and limited laboratory conditions, CDC studies have shown that drying of even these high concentrations of HIV reduces the amount of infectious virus by 90 to 99 percent within several hours. Since the HIV concentrations used in laboratory studies are much higher than those actually found in blood or other specimens, drying of HIV-infected human blood or other body fluids reduces the theoretical risk of environmental transmission to that which has been observed - essentially zero. Incorrect interpretations of conclusions drawn from laboratory studies have in some instances caused unnecessary alarm.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/qa/qa35.htm

Answer 2

Actually we just had a seminar on various diseases. The virus you should worry about is Hepatitis B or C it can live in dried blood for up to a week. The longest the labs could get HIV to stay alive in room air(21% oxygen) is 7-14 seconds depending on temprature. If you have intact skin nothing to worry about.

Answer 3

I've heard 24 hours to 48 hours. I would just go with the 48 hours just to make sure. Bleach, Bleach, Bleach!!