How long does HIV live within blood and for how long is HIV positive blood still infectious?

Does anyone know how long HIV can live in blood if the blood is dried on a bandaid? After the blood has dried, Is it still infectious? If you stepped on a bandaid or touched one and came into contact next to the dried blood, what are your chances of exposure to the virus if hue blood is HIV positive?
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On average, HIV can survive outside of the body for only a few hours. I would think about that by the time the blood was dry, there's probably a 99% chance that any virus present would be dead and incompetent to cause infection.

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If you mean Blood that is outside of the body, the virus dies upon contact to nouns. While teh blood may still be wet, the virus will stay alive for a few minutes maybe alittle longer but it dies outside of the body, within minutes. if you contacted dried blood that WAS HIV+, you would enjoy no change of contracting it. The dried blood on teh bandaid is non infectious.
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