Possible for Rabies to be spread this way?

Currently writing a paper on Rabies that I plan to hand out this September around my town and I'm trying to get as many forms of infection down as possible.

Say a Dog possibly finds a bat at night and picks it up in it's mouth. The owner hears the Bat squeaks but doesn't see a Bat after going out to investigate. The owner would then pick up the dog and set him in the house(assuming it's a small breed). Knowing that a bit of saliva from the could-be Bat was on the dog, the owner washes his hands for a few seconds in hot water but doesn't dry them and then touches a door or another object; would it be possible for rabies to be spread to others that way?(even though no infection has ever been documented to have come from saliva on a surface).

Be sure to mark your calendars for Rabies Awareness Day on September 8th. Get the word out to those who second-mind Rabies as just another treatable bug.

The dog has definitely been exposed to rabies. If the skin on the man's hands is intact he is not infected. If any saliva entered into a chapped area he could be infected but the risk is quite low. Nobody is going to get rabies from the doorknob.

Non-bite exposures to rabies are very rare. Scratches, abrasions, open wounds, or mucous membranes contaminated with saliva or other potentially infectious material (such as brain tissue) from a rabid animal constitute non-bite exposures. Occasionally reports of non-bite exposure are such that postexposure prophylaxis is given.

Inhalation of aerosolized rabies virus is also a potential non-bite route of exposure, but other than laboratory workers, most people are unlikely to encounter an aerosol of rabies virus.

Other contact, such as petting a rabid animal or contact with the blood, urine or feces (e.g., guano) of a rabid animal, does not constitute an exposure and is not an indication for prophylaxis.

my dear rabbies can spread only when saliva of rabid dog/ bat comes in contact with your breached skin. I f your skin is intact tere is no chances of infection. Classification of grading of rabies included scrating of skin by rabid dog, intact skin is not included, so don't worry ! be happy

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