if i get blood on something and months later someone touches it can they get my hep c?

Answer 1

Hawk is right.

Bleach is the only thing that gets rid of the infected blood .

It remains for several months even if the area is simply cleaned ( without bleach) and you can not see it with the naked eye.

Exposures occur through needlesticks or cuts from other sharp instruments contaminated with an infected patient's blood or through contact of the eye, nose, mouth, or skin with a patient's blood.
It can also occur from nasal cocaine usage.

Answer 2

Hep C is transmitted blood to blood. The virus can survive around 7 days outside of the body. I doubt it can be transmitted several months later, and definitely not if it has not been transmitted to someone else's blood.

Answer 3

I used to work for the Red Cross in the Biomedical side of the house. We were always told that certain bloodborne pathogens like hepatitis could survive up to 7 days if left untreated. After 7 days, the bloodborne pathogens die only if the blood has been dry for those 7 days, or has been chemically treated.

Want to be safe? Douse it in a solution of 10 parts water to 1 part bleach. Let sit, wet, for ten minutes, minimum. Wipe dry. Everything's dead.

Answer 4

i doubt it. thats a long time. i know hiv dies after two hours of being on surfaces so im almost definate they didnt catch it