Hepatitis - Diagnosis

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• Current and former drug injection users (this group is most at risk)
• People who received a blood transfusion, blood product, or organ before 1992 when procedures were implemented to screen blood for hepatitis C
• People who received a blood clotting product prior to 1987, when screening procedures were implemented
• Hemodialysis patients
• People who have had tattooing or body piercing performed with non-sterile instruments
• Healthcare workers who may be exposed to needlesticks
• People infected with HIV
• Babies born to mothers infected with hepatitis C

Review Date: 09/29/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, In-Depth Reports; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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