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Washing Clothes Blood Stains
Hi there.
I don't know much about Hepatitis C or HIV but I have this question to ask you guys. If someones clothes have blood on them who has Hepatitis C or HIV, is there any risk of the blood washing off the bloody clothes and on to my own in the same wash? Or would the washing machine drain away all blood? I ask this only because I have heard blood when dried can be a risk for Hep C and if it did some how get back on the clothes would that be a risk or not?
I am also thinking Hepatitis C or HIV would not have a chance in the washing machine, right? lol.
Sorry for the questions, i know they sound crazy but I just wanted to know.
I don't know much about Hepatitis C or HIV but I have this question to ask you guys. If someones clothes have blood on them who has Hepatitis C or HIV, is there any risk of the blood washing off the bloody clothes and on to my own in the same wash? Or would the washing machine drain away all blood? I ask this only because I have heard blood when dried can be a risk for Hep C and if it did some how get back on the clothes would that be a risk or not?
I am also thinking Hepatitis C or HIV would not have a chance in the washing machine, right? lol.
Sorry for the questions, i know they sound crazy but I just wanted to know.
My husband was diagnosed in 1985 with HepC. I have researched extensively the issue of dried blood. HepC CAN Be reconstituted from dried blood.
Theoretically, the water in the washing machine could reconstitute the virus. Clorox is our best solution on the market; however my research also yeilded a different result from what has been stated. Clorox DOES NOT KILL HEPC.
When an item has more than a few drops, such as a bloody sock from a stubbed toe, I toss it.
For a comforter, I take outside to pre-treat a spot before I put it in the washer.
I may be overly cautious. Yet, I have been married 42 years, and I am HepC free after 32 years of knowing he is infected.
A different question from me is, does Hep C live in the washing machine?
In my opinion, we all should run the machine with a cup of Clorox by itself after washing bloody clothes.
Theoretically, the water in the washing machine could reconstitute the virus. Clorox is our best solution on the market; however my research also yeilded a different result from what has been stated. Clorox DOES NOT KILL HEPC.
When an item has more than a few drops, such as a bloody sock from a stubbed toe, I toss it.
For a comforter, I take outside to pre-treat a spot before I put it in the washer.
I may be overly cautious. Yet, I have been married 42 years, and I am HepC free after 32 years of knowing he is infected.
A different question from me is, does Hep C live in the washing machine?
In my opinion, we all should run the machine with a cup of Clorox by itself after washing bloody clothes.
I was also told to clean any blood w/ Bleach, if on a surface, clean w/ bleach and after 10 mins. there is no risk. M4now
Hepatitis C virus can live outside the body for days if not weeks. Even dried blood can show the virus. HIV is different and cannot live long outside the body but HCV definitely can.
To answer your question you have nothing to worry about with washing your clothes with someone that has HIV or HCV. What you may have to worry about is your obvious phobias :-)
To answer your question you have nothing to worry about with washing your clothes with someone that has HIV or HCV. What you may have to worry about is your obvious phobias :-)
Ok thanks for the answers. The only person that I thought could have it in my famly is my dad, but I doubt it. He is 67 years old and very fit for his age and never had any real health problems.
it's a blood to blood disease...if I were to touch someone's blood who has hep c, I wouldn't be that concerned that it would go across my skin into my bloodstream, unless I had a cut on my finger, etc...if it was able to go across dry skin, they'd have evidence of that, and they just don't....bodily fluids are more controversial, but many researches believe that this is blood to blood...
From only a guess, if the virus lives only a few hours. By the time the person took off the clothes, they went through the wash cycle and then the dry cycle and into the closet for even a day. No. Even if they skipped the closet step. That is a two hour process right there. And I would think the heat from the dryer would finish off anything left. Make sense?
Hepatitis C only lives for a few hours outside of the body. After that blood would not be infectious if dried. However whole blood that is refrigerated for weeks is still contagious if it is administered intravenously, as in a transfusion. That used to happen before the blood supply was cleaned up in 1992. DTD
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No blood involved, my daughters under clothes got washed with mine,i have hep-c,can the virus be transfered through laundry
DON'T KNOW THAT ONE BUT RAZORS ARE RINSED TOO AND THEY WILL PASS
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Hep C does not have to be visible to be active. Water does not rinse away the virus! Toss your razor.
NEVER SHARE A RAZOR with someone who has Hep C!
NEVER SHARE A RAZOR with someone who has Hep C!
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