HIV & HepC Resources

Harm Reduction Vending Machine

Located at HealthSource Mt. Washington: 6131 Campus Lane, Cincinnati, OH

Harm Reduction Vending Machines offer 24/7 free access to supplies that support HIV prevention, recovery, and safer practices.

Supplies Include:

Personal PPE Kits — First Aid Kits — Hygiene Kits — Small Sharps Containers — Pregnancy Tests — Male Safe Sex Kits — Intranasal Naloxone — Fentanyl Test Strips

Questions? Please contact:

e: hivoutreach@hsohio.org

p: (513)805-3288

What is HIV & Hep C?

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus):

What it is: A virus that weakens the immune system by attacking cells that fight infection.

How it spreads: Through blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and from mother to baby during birth or breastfeeding.

Risk factors:

Unprotected sex
Sharing needles or drug equipmen
Being born to an HIV-positive mother

Prevention:

Use condoms
Take PrEP (a daily pill to prevent HIV)
Don’t share needles or syringes
Get tested regularly

Treatment:

Daily antiretroviral therapy (ART)
No cure, but treatment can make the virus undetectable and untransmittable

Hepatitis C (Hep C):

What it is: A liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus.

How it spreads: Mainly through contact with infected blood.

Risk factors:

Sharing needles or unsterile drug equipment
Blood transfusions before 1992

Prevention:

Use clean drug equipment
Don’t share needles
Get tested if at risk

Treatment:

Oral antiviral medications
Usually curable in 8–12 weeks

Interested in learning more about HIV & Hep C? Contact our Clinical Pharmacists today!

Our clinical pharmacists are here to help you learn more about HIV, Hep C, PrEP, testing, and other prevention options.

Call 513-732-0870 ext. 3131 to get started!

Tracee Campbell, PharmD, RPh

Clinical Pharmacist

Lori Sublett, PharmD, RPh

Clinical Pharmacist

Resources, Educational Materials & Trainings

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Treatment

Education

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Hepatitis C

424 Wards Corner Rd
Suite 200
Loveland, OH 45140

513-576-7700

This health center is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n). This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.

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