HIV+ corpses

What people have said on here is definitely correct. I'm a PA and have worked in Pathology and been doing autopsies for several years both in hospitals and coroner's offices and I can tell you HIV patients don't worry me that much compared to Hep C or Tuberculosis. This is generally across the board for people in the death biz (ME, Coroner, funeral directors, etc). HIV is all but gone from a dead person in 24 hrs and is believed to only be transmissible by direct injection of a rather large dose of that individuals blood, and unless you are being exceedingly careless than should never happen. Hep C can survive in the body for at least a week and according to what I have read, can survive in extravasated blood (blood outside the body) for at least that long! I have had a couple suprises with bodies having TB unexpectedly which didn't make me really happy but I haven't seroconverted yet so that is a good thing.

Excellent! Another medical dude!

Have you met Mirthful Me and FredT, yet? They are also medical dudes.

Fred is a male nurse, so you know which two movies not to mention to him, right?

No, haven't met you guys, but its cool to know there are some medical people on here! What areas do you guys work in?