Hepatitis

The Florida Department of Health in Broward County's (DOH-Broward) Hepatitis Prevention Program offers free hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines, as well as hepatitis B and C testing, for adults at increased risk for hepatitis infection, or the serious consequences of infection.

You should get tested for hepatitis A, B, and C if you:

• Have been told you have hepatitis or an abnormal liver enzyme test
• Ever injected or snorted illegal/street/recreational drugs (even once)
• Ever shared equipment/works (needles, syringes, straws, water, etc.)
• Received a blood transfusion or an organ transplant prior to 1992
• Had clotting factor concentrates before 1987
• Ever received kidney dialysis
• Your mother was infected with hepatitis B or C virus when you were born.
• Ever had direct contact with the blood of another person
• Had more than one sex partner during a six-month period
• Are a man who has sex with men
• Ever had a tattoo or body piercing
• Ever been in jail or prison
• Ever lived with a person infected with hepatitis A/B/C
• Were born in Asia or Africa

Additionally, people born between 1945 and 1965 have five times the risk of being infected with hepatitis C. 

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