Imagine a lady chopping onions with a sharp knife when she accidentally slices her finger open. It’s a deep cut. Her blood has dripped on the cutting board, counter top, and kitchen floor. After dressing the wound, she calls her DH to help clean up the blood. But these blood spills are special because the cook has an active HCV-infection. (She didn’t respond to treatment.) So far the rest of the family is HCV-free and they intend to keep it that way. They’re very careful.
They know how to handle this problem because they’ve read the CDC’s HCV fact sheet.
How should blood spills be cleaned from surfaces to make sure that Hepatitis C virus is gone?
Any blood spills — including dried blood, which can still be infectious — should be cleaned using a dilution of one part household bleach to 10 parts water. Gloves should be worn when cleaning up blood spills.
The CDC does not provide any other instructions here.
Hubby is ready. He mixes 1 part household bleach, to 10 parts water. Dons gloves. Scrubs blood up with rags. HCV vamoose!
He throws the dirty rags and gloves in the garbage and ties it up. He also throws out the porous wooden chopping block. So, is everything fine and dandy? Have the blood-contaminated surfaces been disinfected with the bleach/water solution? Has the HCV been killed? Is it truly “gone?”
I emailed Clorox (the consumer branch) for answers. I buy Clorox regular bleach because generic bleach from dollar stores are diluted. I asked: “What viruses does its household regular Clorox bleach kill”?
Here’s the list the company emailed to me, copied and pasted as I received it:
Viruses Clorox Bleach – Regular Scent Kills:
Rhinovirus (Type 17)
Influenza A2 (Flu virus)
Hepatitis A
Rotavirus
Respiratory Syncytial virus
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1)
Herpes simplex virus 2
Rubella virus
Adenovirus Type 2
Cytomegalovirus
Varicella zoster virus
MRSA
Impressive but not good enough for the illustration above because HCV is not on the list! Their professional bleaches can kill HCV and are registered with the EPA. Their efficacy has been tested against HCV. This is what hospitals and food service companies use to disinfect contaminated surfaces. But even with the strong stuff, contact time is 5- minutes.
CDC 24/7: Saving Lives. Protecting People. (TM)?
Not with this “fact” sheet. More like, CDC 24/7: Save Yourself Hicks.
asknod
Bethanie Spangenberg
kcraveiro
robinhoodesqvetsatty
Wesley McCauley
Veterans Claims Help 
I think that is a really good find for those that know they are infected. Almost 75% of the people infected however don’t know they are and happen to be Vietnam and Post-Vietnam Era Veterans. The VA knew this since 1994. Congress knew this in 2000. All of those years tending to the kids and grandchildren’s wounds and scrapes not knowing that I was infected was the worst feeling that I had, and it took about 2 years for me to get over that anger.
I think all families who are or have dealt with HCV- can relate to similar sinking feelings you experienced.
And I suspect that AskNod’s woman readers can attest to the fact that even if regular household bleach did kill HCV, that some bleach products are better at whitening than others. So unless the CDC provided actual dilution strengths, the instructions would be worthless. But it’s all a lie so just add it to the mountain of government lies about HCV.
And as you point out, our children and grandchildren are at risk, when we don’t have the truth.