Who is at risk for hepatitis C? (LIVERFOUNDATION)
Your risk of infection with HCV is increased if you:
- Shared needles to inject drugs or straws to inhale them
- Had tattoos or body piercings in an unclean environment using unsterile equipment
- Worked in a place where you came in contact with infected blood or needles, for example, healthcare workers
- Received a blood transfusion or organ transplant before July 1992
- Received a blood product for clotting problems made before 1987
- Needed to have your blood filtered by a machine (hemodialysis) for a long period of time because your kidneys weren’t working
- Were born to a mother with HCV
- Had unprotected sex with multiple partners
- Have or had a sexually transmitted disease
- Have HIV
