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Someone who has hep b put a plaster with blood on a surface ...no blood visible on surface but could be particles still... if someone touched the surface after the plaster was gone would they get hep b?

Q: someone who has hep b put a plaster with blood on a surface ...no blood visible on surface but could be particles still... if someone touched the surface after the plaster was gone would they get hep b?

: Despite not knowing what a "plaster" is, Hep B a break in the skin to be transmitted that way.

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Dr. Philip Schwarzman answered

Despite not knowing what a "plaster" is, Hep B a break in the skin to be transmitted that way.

Answered 3/25/2021

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A member asked:

Someone who has hep b put a plaster with blood on a surface ...no blood visible on surface but could be particles still... if someone touched the surface after the plaster was gone would they get hep b?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Philip Schwarzman answered

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