We are encouraged to offer testing for the viruses that cause hepatitis B & C and HIV. You can ask about this at any time. If you belong to any of the groups below we STRONGLY recommend you ask us for a test: (i) Patients who have injected any drug or snorted cocaine / smoked crack now or in the past (ii) Patients who were born or brought up in North Africa, Middle East, or Asia (iii) Patients who received a blood transfusion before 1996; blood products prior to 1986 or have had an organ transplant prior to1992 (iv) Patients who have known HIV or Hepatitis B infection (v) Patients who were born to a mother with Hepatitis C |