2007-01-16 10:55:24 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
i'm not sure if they can work in a restaurant or not.this is how u catch it,from what i remember in school-contaminated water in developing countries,sexual contact,infected drug otr tattoo needles,and infected blood transfusions.i know of a 70 year old man who contracted it from blood transfusions he received 20 years ago in a heart bypass.
2007-01-16 11:29:13 · answer #1 · answered by kyra k 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HEP C is a type of viral hepatitis. It is usually transmitted by blood-to-blood transmission and appears not to be as readily transmissible by bodily fluids as Hepatitis B virus or HIV.
It would depend on local laws regarding people with infectious diseases working in food handling positions.
To my understanding, the local laws in Australia do not prohibit anyone with HEP C from working in the food handling industry. It would be difficult for them to transmit the virus so long as they adhered to usual safety measures in food handling and even if accidents did occur, transmission of the virus would be highly unlikely.
2007-01-16 11:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hep C is disease of the liver caused by HCV virus. You can research on web-sites for hepatitis C.
2007-01-16 11:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by nuttin'fancy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/Workplace.htm
While it has been fought and won, not all cases would result in a win, I suspect.
http://www.hcop.org/
2007-01-16 11:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋