What are the main ways Hepatitis C is transmitted?

The most common ways Hepatitis C is transmitted are:

• Sharing needles or other equipment for injecting drugs.
• Receiving blood transfusions or organ transplants before 1992 (when widespread screening of the blood supply began).
• Needlestick injuries in healthcare settings.
• Less commonly, through sexual contact with an infected person, especially if there is a co-existing sexually transmitted infection or a practice that causes bleeding.
• From an infected mother to her baby during childbirth.