Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination

Get Tested for Viral Hepatitis

• Hepatitis C Risk Assessment
• Testing
• Medical Care

Hepatitis C (HCV) is transmitted from one person to another when the blood of an infected person gets into the blood stream of another person. Hepatitis C can live outside of the body for several days. There is no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C. You are never immune to hepatitis C.

Are You at Risk for Hepatitis C?
If you can answer yes to any of these questions, it is a good idea to get a test:

• Have you ever injected drugs, even once a long time ago?
• Have you shared any drug use equipment, (needles, cookers, cotton, straws, pipes)
• Did you get a blood transfusion, blood clotting factor, have a surgery, tissue or organ transplant before 1992?
• Have you ever been on hemodyalysis?
• Are you HIV positive?
• Have you been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease of any kind (STD)?
• Have you had sex when blood passed from one person to the other?
• Does your sexual partner have Hepatitis C?
• Have you ever been stuck with a needle or exposed to another person's blood on the job?
• Are you a veteran?
• Have you been incarcerated?
• Did your mother have Hepatitis C?
• Have you ever gotten a tattoo or piercing anywhere other than a licensed business?
• Do you have abnormal liver tests for unknown reasons?
• Have you been told you have hepatitis?

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Hepatitis C Testing

• Ask your own Medical Provider for the Hepatitis C test
• Call 311 to find a Hepatitis C test site convenient for you
• See the NYC Hepatitis C services map for additional test site locations.

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Hepatitis C Medical Care

• Ask your own Medical Provider if Hepatitis C medical care is provided on site.
• Public Hospitals and Community Health Centers Public Hospitals and Community Health Centers
• See the NYC Hepatitis C services map for additional test site locations.

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Resources and Directories for Hepatitis C Services

Download Comprehensive directories of health care providers, agencies, health clinics and other hepatitis C services:

• Directory of Hepatitis C Services in the Bronx (PDF)
  Compiled by the South Bronx Task Force.
• Directory of Hepatitis C Services in Brooklyn (PDF)
  Compiled by the Brooklyn HCV Task Force.
  

Community Organizations that provide free Hepatitis C testing through the Health Department

• AIDS Center of Queens County
• African Services Committee
• After Hours Project
• Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
• CitiWide Harm Reduction
• Community Health Action of Staten Island
• FROST'D (From Our Streets with Dignity) @ Harlem United
• Harlem United Community AIDS Center
• Lower East Side Harm Reduction Project
• Manhattan Avenue Health Center
• New York Harm Reduction Educators
• Planned Parenthood Project Street Beat
• Women's Prison Association (STAR Program at SUNY Downstate Medical Center)

Hospital Clinics

• HHC City Hospitals Website

Hepatitis C Clinics in NYC Public Hospitals (HHC)

NOTE: All listed clinics will accept patients regardless of insurance status. Other public hospitals may also have clinics for patients with hepatitis C.

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