In Reply to: Needle stick on beach posted by DreamingofBali on Thursday, 26. November 2009 at 20:30 Bali Time:
Just to let you know the risk of hep C and HIV.
With HIv it does not surrive long out side of the body so the risk is very low in fact under 1%. With Hep C is does surrive longer out side of the body but still a low risk of needlestick.
For the blood that is in the plundger to get into your body the needle needs to be in the skin and the plundger pushed in so what ever maybe inside to now get into your body.
Thats why a needle stick on the ground is all most no risk.
If you have a test it will really only cover the last 3 months as there is a 6 week to 3 months window period.
Easy to say i know but the chance of your son getting hiv or hep c from that needle stick is all most zero.
Hate to spoil your dreams of bali but there is HIV and Hepc amongst locals. There was a conferrance in bali only a couple of months ago on HIV/AIDS.
I have visited support groups for people with HIV in bali. So you should all ways be aware.