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Can you get hepatitis b if someone is bleeding and touches a doorknob and then you touch the doorknob and you have a cut on your finger?

Q: can you get hepatitis b if someone is bleeding and touches a doorknob and then you touch the doorknob and you have a cut on your finger?

: No, never through contact with a contaminated environment. Only by direct intimate contact or blood exchange. And also no risk if you have been vaccinated.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No, never through contact with a contaminated environment. Only by direct intimate contact or blood exchange. And also no risk if you have been vaccinated.

Dr Kuitems agreed

Answered 8/20/2022

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

No, hepatitis B is not transmitted in above mentioned circumstances, as from inanimate surfaces. Check cdc.gov for reliable information regarding hepatitis B transmission.

Answered 8/19/2022

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A member asked:

Can you get hepatitis b if someone is bleeding and touches a doorknob and then you touch the doorknob and you have a cut on your finger?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Dr Kuitems agreed

Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

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