In households with a member positive for hepatitis C, sharing razors and toothbrushes should be avoided. Covering open wounds is recommended. It is not necessary to avoid close contact with family members or to avoid sharing meals or utensils. Children and adults with hepatitis C virus should not be excluded from participation in social, educational and employment activities. Pregnancy is not contraindicated in women infected with hepatitis C virus.
Breast feeding is considered safe.
Infants born to women with hepatitis C virus should be tested for the virus at one year. Expansion of needle exchange and other safer injection drug use programs should be considered. It may not be copied, printed, or reproduced in any other medium, whether now known or hereafter invented, for the use of others or for commercial use.