NO RISK - These activities have no potential for HIV transmission and no evidence of transmission occurring.
Wet or dry kissing without exchanging blood
Hand jobs/ Mutual Masturbation with or without latex gloves
Receiving unshared insertive sex toys
Sadomasochistic (S/M) activities using universal precautions
Urination on the body
Contact with feces on unbroken skin
NEGLIGIBLE RISK - While there is hypothetically a potential for HIV transmission, there are no confirmed reports of HIV infection from these activities.
Oral sex (fellatio)—performing or receiving with a condom
Oral sex (fellatio)—receiving without a condom
Giving oral sex, on a penis or vagina, with a barrier
Getting oral sex, on a penis or vagina, with or without a barrier
Giving anal-oral sex or rimming , with or without a barrier
Getting anal-oral sex or rimming , with or without a barrier
Vaginal or anal fingering, performing with or without latex glove
Vaginal or anal fingering, receiving with or without latex glove
Fisting, performing or receiving, with or without a latex glove
Inserting sex toys in your partner, with or without condom
Receiving shared or disinfected insertive sex toys, with condom
S/M activities, not using universal precautions
Urination into the body
Scissoring/Vulva-to-vulva rubbing, either during or not during menstruation
Docking (wrapping your foreskin over your partner’s penis and masturbating)
LOW RISK - There is a potential for HIV transmission with a few reports of HIV infection from these activities.
Wet kissing with exchange of blood (from bleeding gums, cuts, ulcers)
Giving oral sex, on a penis or vagina, without a barrier, taking semen/pre-ejaculate in mouth
Penile-vaginal intercourse for either partner with a condom
Penile-anal intercourse for either partner with a condom
HIGH RISK - There is potential for HIV transmission with a significant reports of HIV infection from these activities.
Penile-vaginal intercourse for either partner without a condom
Penile-anal intercourse for either partner without a condom
Receiving shared insertive sex toys without condom
Source: HIV Transmission: Guidelines for Assessing Risk, Canadian AIDS Society, Fifth Edition, 2005
