Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hepatitis C
is spread through contact with blood from someone that has hepatitis C.
How it’s spread: Hepatitis C is spread through contact with blood from someone
that has hepatitis C.
Who should get tested?
- Persons who have HIV/AIDS
- Persons who have previously used injection drugs
- Persons who currently use injection drugs*
- Persons who have ever share injection supplies/equipment*
- Persons who have a sex partner that has HCV
- Persons who have a sex partner that uses injection drugs
- Persons on long-term dialysis
- Persons who have had blood transfusion or blood products before 1992
- Persons who have had an organ transplant before 1992
- Children born to mothers with an HCV infection
- Healthcare/public safety workers after a needle stick involving infected blood
*Testing should be completed at least annually but recommended every 3-6 months.
NDHHS Hep C: https//www.hhs.nd.gov/viral-hepatitis