Possible Hep C exposure

[charlycee]

Hello,
I work in law enforcement and I detained a transient two days ago. While searching him out I reached into his pockets and pulled out a tissue with dry blood on it from his pocket. I immediately dropped it on the ground. I did not have any wet blood on my hand and the blood on tissue appeared to be completely dried. After securing the guy I used some antibacterial disinfectant gel on my hands. The guy said he had used the tissue to clean his nose from a fight the previous night.. I had no cuts on my hand , but did have some dried cracked skin on one of on the cuticle on my ring finger. It wasn't bleeding or an open cut but did feel the alcohol sting from the hand sanitizer.. I wanted to know what my risks are if this person was Hep C+..

[charlycee]

Thank you so much. I have been vaccinated for A and B, but think its time for booster shots.. I know HIV dies very quickly so wasn't worried about that , but was worried about Hep C because of the cracked skin on my cuticle by my nail and from the amount of blood on tissue and  from what I've read Hep C tends to live a lot longer outside of body..

[Idyllic]

I did not have any wet blood on my hand and the blood on tissue appeared to be completely dried.
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HCV is a blood borne virus which means blood-to-blood exchange. In this case it sounds as if there was none. You probably know this already but if you have not done so already you might want to get vaccinated for Hepatitis A & B.