hepatitis c possibilty of transmission

[rohit5]

can hepatitis C spread through food in the given case..some hcv positive blood falls in the food and stains the container...and i happen to have cuts on my hands and i use the same container....can hepatitis c be transmitted in this way?

[Dee1956]

Hrsepwr, thank you for the excellent answer.

[hrsepwrguy]

"can hepatitis C spread through food in the given case..some hcv positive blood falls in the food and stains the container...and i happen to have cuts on my hands and i use the same container"

It's possible, if your worried get tested

How is HCV transmitted?

HCV is transmitted primarily through large or repeated percutaneous (i.e., passage through the skin) exposures to infectious blood, such as

Injection drug use (currently the most common means of HCV transmission in the United States)
    
Receipt of donated blood, blood products, and organs (once a common means of transmission but now rare in the United States since blood screening became available in 1992)
    
Needlestick injuries in health care settings
    
Birth to an HCV-infected mother

HCV can also be spread infrequently through

Sex with an HCV-infected person (an inefficient means of transmission)
    
Sharing personal items contaminated with infectious blood, such as razors or toothbrushes (also inefficient vectors of transmission)
    
Other health care procedures that involve invasive procedures, such as injections (usually recognized in the context of outbreaks)

http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HCV/HCVfaq.htm#c5

What are ways Hepatitis C is not spread?
Hepatitis C virus is not spread by sharing eating utensils, breastfeeding, hugging, kissing, holding hands, coughing, or sneezing. It is also not spread through food or water.

http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/C/cFAQ.htm