A member asked:

How easily does hepatitis spread from dried blood between inanimate objects? worried about having touched the same things as someone who was bleeding!

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No risk, no worries: The hepatitis viruses are rarely if ever caught by exposure to blood in the environment, and contact with dried blood is especially low risk. And without visible blood on things you touched (door knobs, towels, utensils, shared toilet, etc), for sure there is no significant risk. Don't worry about it.

Answered 1/6/2021

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