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Catching hepatitis from changing sanitary bins?

We need to change sanitary bins in work which I thought that people come in and do. All we get are gloves.

Can I get this virus? Can I refuse to change them if I am at risk?
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444337 tn?1428073510
Much better idea, Kim!

Hope you are doing well!  

Marc
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Hi Virt111.   I would have to agree on that one.
Better yet, not show up for work on that day!
......Kim
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444337 tn?1428073510
I'd get a good quality pair of metal tongs that you'd use on a BBQ grill and use them to grab any of the offending articles, personally. That is, if the bins are stationary and you need to reach in and grab the contents with your hands...not for fear of getting HepC as much as for the disgust factor of using ones hands.
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Sorry heyhey but that's a lousy job.  If you must do this for your job wearing gloves will protect you from all diseases.  Hep C is not transmitted by changing bins unless by chance there's a needle in there.  Just be cautious and you should be fine.
.....Kim
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766573 tn?1365166466
Where do you work?
I mean what is in the sanitary bins?

Keep in mind that Hepatitis C is  blood borne disease. There has to be a blood to blood exchange.

That means blood infected with Hepatitis C has to somehow get into your blood stream. As with a tattoo needle or a blood transfusion.
Based on what you describe (and depending what's in those bins) gloves should be good enough to reduce the probability extremely low.
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