Can HIV be spread through contact with blood and other body fluids?

Most commonly, people get or transmit HIV through sexual behaviors and needle or syringe use.

Only certain body fluids (blood, semen (cum), pre-seminal fluid (pre-cum), rectal fluids, vaginal fluids,
and breast milk) from a person who has HIV can transmit HIV.
These fluids must come in contact with a mucous membrane or damaged tissue or be directly injected into the bloodstream (from a needle or syringe) for transmission to occur. Mucous membranes are found inside the rectum, vagina, and mouth.