Understanding my lab results for HEP C

[Jnieves9974]

Can someone be so kind and give me the results.  I don't understand

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antibody
NAME VAL REF. RANGE LAB
F Hep C Virus Ab <0.1 0.0-0.9 (s/co ratio) RN
-                                                  Negative:      0.9
-                                                                      .
-                 The CDC recommends that a positive HCV antibody result
-                 be followed up with a HCV Nucleic Acid Amplification

[flyinlynn]

Your result was negative. Of course the best person to ask would be the doctor who ordered your test.

To be transmitted hepatitis c infected blood must enter the blood stream of an uninfected person.

The most common method of transmission would be the sharing of IV drug needles with another drug user who is infected with hepatitis c.

While there is a small theoretical risk of sexual transmission that would be greatest for those who have multiple sexual partners or those who engage in rough sexual practices ie BDSM or other activities where there could be a risk of blood exposure.