Hepatitis

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Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV).  It is spread primarily through contact with the blood of someone who has the virus.

You may be at risk if you:

§         Received a blood transfusion or organ transplant before 1992

§         Have been on long term kidney dialysis

§         Have had a occupational exposure to blood

§         Inject illegal drugs (or ever have, even once many years ago)

§         Share straws for snorting drugs

§         Got a tattoo or body piercing with unsterilized equipment

Organizations Currently Providing Hepatitis C Testing

If you have any of these risk factors, you may be eligible to receive a free hepatitis C test.  The following organizations are currently providing free tests to those at risk.  Call the organization in your area to schedule an appointment.

Hepatitis Education Project
911 Western Avenue
Suite 302
Seattle, WA 98104
206-732-0311

Caring Ambassadors Hepatitis C Program
604 East 16^th Street
Suite 201
Vancouver, WA 98663
360-816-4186

Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
2330 Eastgate Street
Suite 105
Walla Walla, WA 99362
509-529-4744

Skagit County Public Health Department
700 S. Second Street
Room 301
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
360-336-9397

Kittitas County Public Health
507 N. Nanum Street
Suite 102
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-962-7028

Organizations that will begin to offer HCV testing in June

The following organizations will begin offering free testing in June 2008.  If you have risk factors, contact the organization in your area to schedule an appointment after June 2^nd.

Tacoma Pierce County Health Department
3629 South D. Street
Tacoma, WA
253-798-7671

Island County Health Department
410 N. Main Street
Coupeville, WA 98239
360-678-7932

Clallam County Department of Health and Human Services
223 E. 4^th Street
Suite 14
Port Angeles, WA 98362
360-417-2364

Whatcom County Health Department
1500 North State Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-676-4593

Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services
64 Main Street
Cathlamet, WA 98612
360-795-6207

San Juan Health and Community Services
145 Rhone Street
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
360-378-4474

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