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How easy is it to get hiv or hepc from blood thats outside of a persons body ?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

It never happens: This never happens with HIV and probably never with the hepatitis C virus. Without direct exposure of your bloodstream (such as shared drug injection equipment) or unprotected sex, you'll never get either HIV or HCV. Don't worry about it.

Answered 1/12/2021

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