Open wound and blood on a door handle?

I cut myself driving home one night and didnt realize it. But I did notice blood ( or what I thought was blood) on the door handle to the apartment building I live in. The cut was on the hand that I used to open the door and now Im worried I could have caught HIV from it. Is that possible?? How long does it survive in the air??
The wound was about 5 minutes long and deep enough to bleed.
I think the blood on the handle had dried.
Should I see a doctor or forget about it??
Please answer and help me out.!!

Once HIV is outside the body, exposed to air, it dies within a few minutes. You can't be infected by dried blood.

hiv dies when oxygen hits it. but you may want to see a doctor and remember it takes about 6 months to show up on the blood test

i think u should see the doctor before its too late and dont squeeze the wound

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