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Home & Prison TATTOO GUNS ing on what are the risks for pass
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INK Whatever ink you're using could have blood in it if it's
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used on someone else. Cleaning it with FINCOL or bleach will reduce the risk but it may not make it 100% safe. Use a fresh one every time if you can
ink then it could have blood from the last time it was used. If you can, use a fresh one or if you can't, you can reduce the risk for hep C by soaking it in FINCOL or bleach.
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MOTOR Someone giving a tattoo usually gets blood on their hands or gloves. This blood can get on any part of the gun. In a professional parlour, anything that is re-used is sterlised using an autoclave* HANDS Everyones hands have dirt and bacteria on
them. If the person doing your tattoo isn't wearing gloves, this dirt and bacteria can give you a serious infection in your new tattoo. This can scar and wreck your tattoo. * an autoclave is a machine used to clean things to a surgical standard, like in hospitals.
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Do you want hep C information in a different language?
MHAHS can help!
(Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service)
If you're in prison, call the Prisons Hepatitis Infoline and we'll send you the factsheets you want.
For multilingual hepatitis C factsheets, go to:
www.mhahs.org.au
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t is l k c e h c l a iv v r u s T U GETTING O Looking after yourself when you get out of prison can be tough. On the next page is a list of things to plan for so that it's not harder than it needs to be.
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If you have hep C . . . Ask the prison health centre nurse for a referral to a liver clinic near where you'll be living. The liver clinic can help you keep an eye on how hep C is affecting your liver. You can call the Prisons Hepatitis Infoline to find out where your nearest clinic will be.
If you're going to inject after getting out . . . Call the Prisons Hepatitis Infoline they can tell you where you can get sterile equipment once you're out. Have a 'taste' test to get an idea how strong the mix is, especially if you haven't been injecting in prison. Use with someone else so that if you accidentally take too much they can get you some help.
how to call the hepatitis infoline from prison -
Enter your MIN
- Enter your PIN - Press #2 (this lets you access the common calls list) - press 3 (This is the hepatitis in
foline)
While you're at the prison health clinic . . . Ask about getting hep B shots to protect against hep B. You can get hep B from unprotected sex.
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Can I get Centrelink payments Q while “ on treatment? (Thuy, 40, from Cabramatta)
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Some people can access payments if treatment affects their capacity to work because of symptoms or side-effects.
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It is a good idea to ask for independent advice from the Welfare Rights Centre before applying to Centrelink.
If you are already engaged with a liver treatment clinic you may have access to a social or welfare worker through the liver clinic who can also help you with this issue.
send your questions to us ON sms: 0404 440 103 ph: 1800 803 990 e: info@hep.org.au
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If your question is urgent call
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DID YOU KNOW?
*Rates of hep C for men in prison are slighty less
than those for women - about 1 in 3 men in prison have been exposed to hep C. BUT! Because there are more men in prison in NSW than there are women, in actual numbers there are lots more men than women with hep C in prison.
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special thanks . . . to the participants from south Coast Correctional Centre
EDITOR/DESIGNER Bruce Cherry EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Tim Baxter Jenny Douglas Paul Harvey Peter Middleton Rhea Shortus Sonam Paljor Andrew Smith Sione Crawford COMIC WRITER Justin Woolley
The storyline for this edition of Transmission magazine was created by prisoners at the South Coast Correctional Centre during a literacy class for young offenders as part of their full time education program in the Intensive Learning Centre.
COMIC ARTIST Skye Ogden www.gestaltcomics.com
Over the course of a few weeks the students designed the characters, setting and storyline under the guidance of their teacher Cathie McGill. We would like to thank Corrective Services NSW for their support of this project.
Hepatitis Infoline 1800 803 990 (freecall) 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 or 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.
If you are a youth or health worker and would like to know more about how your clients can contribute to the development of Transmission Magazine: call the Hepatitis Infoline 1800 803 990 or email bcherry@hep.org.au
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