Hi @kwork Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Oh, I can just feel your anxiety! I hope I can help you relax and move on from this one. No one needs extra stressors in their life.

I agree the technician could have handled that situation a little better…have you move to another chair, re-sanitize your current chair, change her gloves, etc,. but your risk of contracting HIV or anything else would be minimal.
When giving plasma, you’re in a blood clinic so all the donors are screened for HIV and other blood borne pathogens such as hepatitis. They wouldn’t be in that chair. From experience the shininess of the dots on the chair sounds like saline or even dried disinfectant. Blood tends not to be shiny. I have 30+ years of infection control in a large dental practice and have seen similar dots on chairs even though they’d been completely sanitized. But I sure know how that can make a person feel if they’re not sure what ‘that spot’ is on the chair! Instant ick!

You were great to keep in mind the steps she followed after touching the chair. Makes it easy for me to visualize her next steps which seem entirely appropriate. She used an alcohol prep on your skin. That would also have disinfected her glove and the needle was new and sterile. She didn’t touch your skin near the needle, the needle itself or injection site after that. So you can relax and breathe a huge sigh of relief.

And personally, I want to thank you for giving Plasma. I had my share of the life saving fluid over the past 2 years. I’m grateful to you and the millions of others who regularly donate plasma, and all blood products.

I hope I’ve helped ease your anxiety today. ☺️
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