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Had an exposure to Hep c at work
Had to irrigate a urinary catheter and long story short, it was very clogged. The cath sprayed and my nurse aid and I got urine in our eyes and faces (lips). I know exposure via this route are low but there is no telling if trace amounts of blood was in the urine (always possible). I can't seem to find a lot of information regarding statistics and likelihood of contracting hep c via this route. Most info deals more with needle sticks. Any info would be helpful. The hospital has given us no info whatsoever. The patient was reactive for hep c and ow waiting for viral load test to come back.
OK the Hep c virus requires blood to blood contact you have to have hep c infected blood enter your blood stream so even splashing blood in our eyes or on your face the odds of transmission would be extremely low.
The odds of a needle stick incident are just 1.8% so just on that basis your odds would be much lower.
I expect the reason you can't find any date on this being a manner of transmission is because it is not considered to be a route of infection.
Check out the CDC Hepatitis C FAQs for the Public
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/cfaq.htm
and for Hepatitis C FAQs for Health Professionals
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/hcvfaq.htm
I would be highly doubtful you would contract in the manner you have described
The odds of a needle stick incident are just 1.8% so just on that basis your odds would be much lower.
I expect the reason you can't find any date on this being a manner of transmission is because it is not considered to be a route of infection.
Check out the CDC Hepatitis C FAQs for the Public
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/cfaq.htm
and for Hepatitis C FAQs for Health Professionals
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/hcvfaq.htm
I would be highly doubtful you would contract in the manner you have described
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