Hepatitis C resources
You are at high risk for Hepatitis C, and should consider getting tested if:
- You have ever injected illegal drugs - even once.
- You received blood products from a person who tested positive for Hepatitis C.
- You received a blood transfusion of any kind before July 1992.
- You received an organ transplant before July 1992.
- You were ever on long-term hemodialysis.
- You are a healthcare worker with a known through-the-skin blood exposure, or related accident.
- Your mother had Hepatitis C during the time she was pregnant with you.
Learn more about Hepatitis A, B, and C.
Where to get tested for Hepatitis C
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Getting tested for Hepatitis C can be a challenge. There are options, but they are limited at this time. You can get tested at the following places:
- Your regular physician: If you have a regular doctor, they can test you in their office.
- Public Health Centers and HealthPoint Community Health Centers
- Planned Parenthood Clinics: There are several locations. Their fee is approximately $24 and there is no sliding scale. This is in addition to the office visit fee which does provide a sliding scale. They do not provide follow up care, but will provide a referral.
Washington State regional hepatitis support groups
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Eastside:
- Group Health Eastside Hospital, Room D-112
Second Wednesday of each month, 7 PM
2700 - 152nd NE, Redmond, WA
Phone: Amy Pilon at 425-562-0980
North:
- South campus of St. Joseph Hospital
First Monday of each month, 10:00 AM
809 E. Chestnut, conference room #1
Bellingham, WA
- Health Support Center
Third Monday of each month, 6:30 PM
1212 Indian Street
Bellingham, WA
Phone: 360-733-6714
South:
- Private dining room, Capital Medical Center
Third Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM
3900 Capital Drive
Olympia, WA
Phone: Niota Price at 360-491-3983
- Raymond
Phone: Cynthia Hoff at 360-942-2883
- Group Health Specialty Center, 1st floor, Room 2
Fourth Wednesday of each month, 7:00 PM
209 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Tacoma, WA
Phone: Toni Bunch at 253-305-0558
Southeast:
- Goldbar
Fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:30 PM
107 Croft (on Hwy 2)
Goldbar, WA
Phone: Ani Palmo at 360-793-0156
- East County Senior Center
First Friday of each month
804 Village Way
Monroe, WA
Phone: Connie Sawyer at 360-794-7728
Peninsula/Islands:
- Dr. Rotchfords' office
First Wednesday of each month, 6:30 PM
1334 Lawrence St
Port Townsend, WA
Phone: Bob Moody at 360-385-6361
- San Juan Islands
Friday Harbor
Phone: Barbara Begley at 360-378-7982
- Bremerton-Kitsap County Health District
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
109 Austin Dr
Bremerton, WA
Phone: Nancy Stone at 360-876-3837
- Tri-Cities Chaplaincy
Third Thursday of each month, 6:30 PM
Located off of Yelm and SR 395
Kennewick, WA
Phone: Joyce Williams at 509-586-1552
- Bethel AME Church
Meetings are held on the 5th and 26th of each month
645 Richard Allen Ct.
Spokane, WA
Phone: Deborah Brown at 509-534-3007
- Walla Walla
Phone: Jeffrey Hawkins at 509-
529-0869
- Wellness House
4th Monday of each month, 7 - 9 PM
210 S 11th Ave. Suite 40
Yakima, WA
Phone: Ellie Honse at 509-452-5456
Books and literature on Hepatitis C
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- Hepatitis C: A Personal Guide to Good Health
by Beth Ann Petro Roybal, Emmet B. Keeffe
- Living With Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide
by Gregory T. Everson, MD, Director of Hepatology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Hedy Weinberg
- The Hepatitis C Handbook
by Matthew Dolan
- Herbs & Other Natural Remedies For a Healthy Liver
by Christopher Hobbs
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