Can I be infected with HCV? This question should be asked primarily by people who have ever used the services of a dentist, beautician, made a tattoo or pierced any part of their body. These are the situations in which the risk of contracting HCV is very high.
HCV can be passed on to other people either directly by transfusing contaminated blood or indirectly through shared blood-contaminated items. Another person becomes infected when the HCV virus enters the blood, e.g. during medical and non-medical procedures related to the violation of tissue continuity, if the procedures preventing infections are not followed (medical procedures related to the violation of tissue continuity include, for example: injections, blood sampling, dental procedures), as well as during cosmetic procedures performed with the use of non-sterile sharp tools , aesthetic medicine treatments such as cosmetic punctures, piercings, tattoos, etc.)