• Categories for Assessing HIV Risk
• Sexual Activities
• Drug Use
• Mother-to-Child Transmission
• Other Types

Drug Use

Choose a subject Injection drug use Non-injection drug use

Injection drug use

• Injection using new and/or unshared equipment NO RISK
• Injection using shared but disinfected equipment LOW RISK *
• Injection using shared and/or unclean equipment HIGH RISK

* There is evidence of transmission due to improperly cleaned needles and/or syringes.

"Shooting up, hitting up, jacking up, mainlining, cranking"

Sharing needles and syringes can also transmit other diseases, such as Hepatitis C.

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Non-injection drug use

• Snorting or smoking drugs using new or unshared equipment (straws or pipes) NO RISK
• Snorting or smoking drugs using shared equipment (straws or pipes) NEGLIGIBLE RISK *

* Risk is negligible for HIV but low for Hepatitis C. Risk is associated with the potential presence of blood on these materials (straws, pipes, bottles, etc.).

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