Risk for Hepatitis C

You are at risk of hepatitis C infection if you:

  • have ever injected or inhaled illegal drugs, even if you only experimented once many years ago
  • received a blood transfusion or solid organ transplant before July 1992
  • received a blood product for clotting problems produced before 1987
  • have ever been on long-term kidney dialysis
  • have received a tattoo or body piercing in unsafe conditions
  • have unprotected sex with multiple partners