Practicing safer sex can reduce your chances of STI infection. Finding creative ways to make sex play as safe and satisfying as possible is also important.

Key ways to reduce risk include:

• Talking to your partner (s) about their sexual history and/or needle use
• Careful and consistent condom use when having sex
• Using new (unused/unshared) or clean (sterilized) needles at all times
• Keeping your partner (s) body fluids (blood, cum, pre-cum vaginal fluid and discharge from STIs) out of your body (vagina, anus, or mouth)
• Not touching sores or growths caused by sexually transmitted infections
• Go for an STI check up with your doctor or health clinic
• Check yourself and your partner(s) for infection before having sex
• Get treatment if you have an STI and do not have sex until your treatment is finished