I went for blood test and the person there while wearing gloves his gloves touched a blood filled tube's top that was already containing someone else's blood. The top usually contains blood. He then used the same gloves on me while taking my sample. Does HIV spread this way because the other person's blood must have gone in my bloodstream.

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