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If the needle has the residue of someone who was infected with HIV/AIDS's blood on it, and the needle goes under your skin and into your blood, then yes.

However, unless you're punctured by the needle, you can't be infected with HIV.

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Very unlikely, almost entirely impossible. Basically you need blood-to-blood, or body fluid-to-blood contact to get HIV. And what you're saying doesn't sound like it would offer that opportunity.

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