Hepatitis
C cannot be passed on through:
- Hugging, cuddling, kissing
- Shaking hands
- Coughing, sneezing
- Shared use of toilets and
bathrooms
- Shared use of swimming pools
and saunas
- Eating from the same plate,
with the same cutlery, drinking out of the same glass
- Food which has been prepared
by someone with hepatitis C
- Having a child on your lap
or in your arms
- Clothing.
The virus
is hardly ever transmitted in everyday contact with a person with hepatitis C
infection. There is no reason to avoid someone with hepatitis C for fear of
infection or to behave differently towards them. It is only contact with blood
which should be avoided. Laundry and crockery can be washed or rinsed as
normal. Boiling is not necessary.