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HEP C

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BY BLOOD This is when the blood of someone who has hep C, gets into someone else's bloodstream.

When someone is injecting drugs, there can be lots of blood around - even in such small amounts that you can't see it. This means you should be extra aware of blood if someone is helping you inject, if you're drawing drugs from the same spoon or if someone is not using new injecting equipment.

It only takes a little bit of blood on ANY of the equipment used for injecting (not just needles) for the hep C virus to be passed from one person to another.

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THE EXTRA 'STUFF' What’s the other equipment we’re talking about? In an injecting situation, it’s not just needles and syringes – but also spoons, tourniquets, swabs, water and even fingers or hands that come into contact with blood. Unsafe injecting is the cause of about 90% of all new hep C infections.

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WHAT'S A BLOO D BORNE VIRUS?

A Blood Borne Viru s (BBV) is a virus that lives in your blood.

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* to find your nearest nsp phone ADIS on 9361 8000 or 1800 422 599 from outside sydney

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P S N AN NSP stands for Needle & Syringe Program People often get these confused with ‘needle exchanges’ - but at an NSP, you don’t need to exchange anything.

At an NSP, you can... ... pick up any equipment you need for injecting and most of it is free. The equipment you can usually get at an NSP includes needles and syringes, swabs, spoons, tourniquets and sterile water.

YOU CAN ALSO... ... ask the staff questions. Staff at an NSP can give you information on safe injecting as well as drug treatment, medical care and legal or social services. Staff can also give you condoms and advice on safe sex.

How to find your nearest NSP? Call ADIS on 9361 8000 or

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Can hep C be passed on by kissing or having sex?

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You can't get hep C by kissing someone and there's a very low risk that it'd be passed on during sex

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Hep C is not an STI (sexually transmitted infection) For hep C to be passed on, there has to be blood around. If you are having sex with someone and there is blood around (rough sex, periods), take the usual safe sex precautions and use a condom or dental dam. The risk can be increased if HIV or other STIs are involved.

send your questions to us ON sms: 0404 440 103 ph: 1800 803 990 e: transmission@hep.org.au

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Teaching you (more) about hep C Teaching you (more) about hep C transmission Helping you know where to go for advice (on drug use, hep C, NSPs etc)

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Hepatitis NSW would like to thank the HIV & Related Programs Unit (South Eastern Sydney Local Health District) for their support in the development of this edition of Transmission Magazine.

Thanks also to Transmission Magazine ED10 youth workshop group whose creativity and insights formed the basis of the Noodle-born-virus comic.

ASIDE FROM HEPATITIS NSW EDITORIAL CONTENT, VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS MAGAZINE OR FLYERS ENCLOSED WITH IT, ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF HEPATITIS NSW. NEITHER ARE SUCH VIEWS NECESSARILY THOSE OF OUR FUNDING BODIES. TRANSMISSION MAGAZINE DOES NOT PROMOTE NOR CONDONE THE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS. RATHER, IT SEEKS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE WHO ALREADY INJECT DRUGS TO REDUCE RISKS AND MAKE SAFER CHOICES. NOTHING IN THIS MAGAZINE SHOULD BE TAKEN AS RECOMMENDING DRUG USE.

EDITOR/DESIGNER Rhea Shortus EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Chris Gough Sonam Paljor Peter Middleton Jenny Douglas Andrew Smith Paul Harvey Bruce Cherry Tim Baxter Lisa Camillo Lara Oxman COMIC WRITER Tom Taylor www.tomtaylormade.com COMIC ARTIST Emily Smith www.gestaltcomics.com

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