Can HIV Be Contracted Through Touching A Contaminated Object?

Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2017

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Question : i was putting food in a container in a store as i was putting food in a container the food touched the edge of the container than fell in the container any hiv hep b,c risk

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (59 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
no risk at all

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

there is absolutely no risk for transmission this way. There is nothing to worry about! The presence of visible (and infected!) blood could have posed a problem for hepatitis but this is not your case I suppose.

Kind regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (2 days later)

i bought pizza it was rapped in a plastic as i was taking of the plastic the outer side of the plastic touched the pizza since i ate the pizza ay hiv hep b,c risk

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
no risk

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

you shouldn't worry about such incidents as you're not going to contract these diseases this way. There is no hepatitis B, C or HIV risk!

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar