In a message dated 3/20/0 11:19:05 AM, Mary Kay writes:

<< if the milk inside the motor is dry, no
contamination can really occur. Are we worried about dried blood? Are we
worried about dried milk? >>

I would like to know about hepatitis. An infection control nurse told me that
hepatitis can remain viable on a dry surface for a number of days (6?). So,
would this be the same for hepatitis in dried milk? (with or without blood
cells?).

Debbie

Deborah Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
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