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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 11/5/2007


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Can I contract AIDS/HIV by getting manicures and pedicures ?
What should nail tech sanitize there metal impalement's with to prevent any infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS ?

Answer
The risk is extremely minimal. Anytime infected blood enters another person's body, transmission is possible but the likelihood of that happening via nail instruments is very small.

I dont know what is standard procedure at such salons but autoclaves as well as bleach will sanitize instruments.

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Kristen Brannock, MPH

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I can answer questions concerning HIV infection and AIDS. This includes ways it can and cannot be transmitted, how it is treated, how it affects the body and methods to protect yourself. I can also answer questions concerning safer sex and contraception.

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I trained with the Red Cross to become an HIV/AIDS counselor and was a member of CARES- Carolina AIDS Resource Education Service in college. I have an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education and conduct research in the field of HIV prevention. I also take continuing education courses in HIV/STI prevention periodically.

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Master of Public Health Health Behavior and Health Education UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (formerly UNC-CH School of Public Health)

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