Quote Originally Posted by AndrewBlack
I share your disinterest in playing with blood. To acquire infection from it, it must come into contact with a mucous membrane - lips, genitals ....etc...

I think your stats on the tatts are way off course man, Hepatitis is a historical risk in a proper modern tattoo shop.
All it takes is a small cut on a finger say an ingrown cutical on a fingernail that you picked and it exposed some inner scin.
"Oh Mr bussdriver Billy the "HIV boy" his nose is bleeding come and fix it" Zap you now have HIV.
Blood is nothing to play with

I have no fact's other than what I heard on a radio talk show so I will not fight you on the tatoo v hipotitus scare.

But as far as blood/solids/gases and other body componants are conserned I like it best when they are in the body. I keep paper towels bandages and latex gloves. God for bid one of the kids has an alergy to latex. That would not be good.