Can contact with another woman's blood cause me to be niddah?

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Can contact with another woman’s blood cause me to be niddah?

March 11, 2005

Question

I am a nurse-midwife and in the course of my profession, I may be exposed to menstrual blood of other women or the blood of childbirth from other women. How does this affect my status of niddah? Or is my status only based upon my own bleeding and not exposure to the blood of others?

Answer

Your status is only based on your own bleeding. Contact with other women's menstrual blood or blood from childbirth does not render you a niddah.

However, you should try to note when your body or garments might get bloody or when you sit somewhere that may have blood. That can help you determine whether any bloodstain you find on yourself could possibly be attributed to another woman.