A small child (2.5 years) injected with something in the sandbox. Blood could not see, but complained that it hurt. Whatever was looking for anything sharp could not find. But when the question "are you pricked with a needle?" As a child answered in the affirmative. What is the risk of contracting hepatitis B and C or HIV, if a shot was indeed from the syringe?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist There are likely to be infected with hepatitis B. However, the child should be vaccinated against hepatitis B! And the AIDS virus and hepatitis C are not persistent in the environment. Similar question: ... also accidentally pricked up blood too. Could it happen contamination ...