General Question about Hep C

[paperbag12345]

Hi. So this question has been bothering me for a while now. I want to be well informed about diseases like Hep C so that I don't take unnecessary stress. This question is also going to sound really stupid. So supposing a Hep C infected person bled on a surface like a table and it got cleaned up so that there was no more blood on the table. Hep C can live for up to 6 weeks on a surface, so say that somebody comes and touches the table with their hand but their hand has no open wounds so their is no risk but is it possible for the Hep C to then be living on his hand and if he touches an open wound with the hand that had been on a hep C surface just a few minutes before can Hep C transmission occur? What I'm asking is, is it possible for Hep C to move from surface to surface? Thank you.

[flyinlynn]

The hep c was removed. Yes hep c can live for a while on UNDISTURBED surfaces.

Clean surface, no hep c, no risk.

And had the surface not been cleaned I assume you was your hands on occasion? Again the key word is undisturbed. Wash your hands wash away the hep c virus as well as many other germs.