Hepatitis C Risk Factors Tool

Using injection drugs (even once or a few times many years ago)

Inhaling drugs

They were done outside the United States.

They were done more than 10 years ago.

They were done at an unlicensed business.

You are unsure whether the ink was individually wrapped.

You were sick or felt ill in the days or weeks afterwards.

I have served in the military and was born before 1967.

I have worked in a healthcare or emergency medical setting.

I have worked in a public safety field (police, fire, etc).

My mother had or may have had hepatitis C when I was born.

I lived with or had a relationship with someone who I knew had hepatitis C or was an IV drug user.

I have had multiple sex partners (the risk for transmitting the virus through sexual intercourse is low, but unprotected sex with multiple partners raises that risk).

I was notified that I received blood from a donor who later tested positive for hepatitis C.

I was notified by the Red Cross that my blood donation tested positive for hepatitis C.

I received a blood transfusion or organ transplant before July 1992.

I have been on long-term dialysis.

I received clotting factor concentrates before 1987.