Don't let these common myths stop you from getting the most out of your life and relationships!
All sports should play the Blood Rule which says that where bleeding occurs during sports, all play must stop, first aid provided, cuts and grazes covered, and equipment or grounds cleaned up before game resumes. For more information, see http://bit.ly/bloodrules and keep that top player in your team.
There is no evidence of people getting hepatitis C or hepatitis B from sharing food and utensils.
Hepatitis C is transmitted only via blood-to-bloodstream contact.
While hepatitis B is found in the saliva, the amount of virus in it is not enough for saliva to be a transmission agent. You will need to drink buckets of saliva before transmission may occur.
Hepatitis B and C are not transmitted through casual contact, sneezing, coughing or breathing the same air.
Hepatitis B is transmitted through blood-to-bloodstream contact and sexual contact.
Hepatitis C is transmitted only through blood-to-bloodstream contact.
The blood and/or sexual fluid have to get into your body for transmission to occur.
Most children in Australia have been vaccinated against hepatitis B. The vaccine is safe and effective. If you are not sure whether your child has been vaccinated, talk to your doctor.
Make sure your child is vaccinated and let them play, fight, sleep-over...
Hepatitis B and C virus can only infect humans and higher primates. Your pet dog, cat, budgie or goldfish will not get hepatitis B or C from you or your human friends.