If you are in need of immediate assistance, call 911 or GW Emergency Services.
If you are in need of immediate assistance, call 911 or GW Emergency Services.
If you are not in immediate danger, call the Title IX Office during normal business hours or the Sexual Assault Response & Consultation (SARC) hotline for assistance after hours.
If you would like to report an incident of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating or domestic violence, or stalking.
Avoid the following before going to the hospital for a SANE exam:
showering
using the restroom
brushing your teeth
eating or drinking
changing your clothes
smoking or chewing gum
cleaning yourself
If you have done any of these things, you should still get a SANE exam. Just take the clothes you were wearing at the time of the assault. Use a paper bag to carry your clothes in if you have one available.
Each county has a dedicated SANE program and you must go to the hospital that has the program in the county where your incident happened.
For example, if your incident happened on GW’s Foggy Bottom or Mount Vernon Campus, you will need to go to Washington Hospital Center. Please note that GW Hospital does not provide SANE exams.
Washington Hospital Center
110 Irving Street NW
Washington, DC 20010
DC Victim Services Hotline: 1-844-4HELPDC (844-443-5732)
ER: 202-877-7632
Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
Inova Ewing Forensic Assessment and Consultation Teams (FACT): 703-776-6666 (option 3) during business hours. After regular business hours, please call 703-776-4001 and ask to page FACT nurse.
ER: 703-776-3116
Prince George’s County
Prince George’s Hospital Center
3001 Hospital Drive
Cheverly, MD 20785
The Sexual Assault Center Hotline: 301-618-3154
ER: 301-618-2000
Shady Grove Medical Center
9901 Medical Center Dr.
Rockville, MD 20850
ER: 240-826-6000
Option 1: Call SARC at 202-994-7222 and the advocate on call can connect you to the appropriate SANE program and help arrange transportation to the appropriate hospital. SARC members may also be able to go with you to the hospital if you feel it would be helpful.
Option 2: Call the relevant SANE program directly, and they will help arrange transportation.
A complete forensic examination can take several hours. If you can, bring items to make yourself comfortable:
a book or something else to keep yourself occupied
a phone charger
comfortable clothes to change into after the exam
snacks and drinks to have after the exam
An advocate will be present with you at the hospital, but you can also bring a friend or other support person with you if you would like.