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I walked through dried blood and am panicking i dragged hep c through my house. what do i have to do to clean my house and can i get sick from it?
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First relax!: Do u know whose blood it was? Do u know if that person was hep c or hep b or hiv +? The viruses don't survive well in dry blood but CDC web side for most up to date guidance on cleaning up blood spills. It's much safer than Ebola for example.
Answered 9/16/2016
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