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What are my chances of contacting hepatitis if i touched sink faucets/door knob in a bathroom where someone had just been bleeding? no open cuts.
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Very Very: unlikely without contact with fresh blood ..The hepatitis virus does NOT live after the blood is dry! Hope this ishelpful Dr Z
Answered 2/20/2017
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