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Hepatitis C. Often Hidden. Often the Cause of Liver Cancer.

This poster featuring a word find puzzle informs individuals that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can cause liver cancer and that individuals may not know they have HCV. It notifies the public of the CDC recommendation that individuals born 1945-1965 should get tested for HCV.

Hepatitis C. Often Hidden. Often the Cause of Liver Cancer.

This poster featuring a word find puzzle informs individuals that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can cause liver cancer and that individuals may not know they have HCV. It notifies the public of the CDC recommendation that individuals born 1945-1965 should get tested for HCV.

Hepatitis C. Often Hidden. Often the Cause of Liver Cancer.

This poster featuring a word find puzzle informs individuals that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can cause liver cancer and that individuals may not know they have HCV. It notifies the public of the CDC recommendation that individuals born 1945-1965 should get tested for HCV.

Recommended Testing Sequence for Identifying Current Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection

This card contains a flowchart, which outlines the various courses of action a physician should take after receiving a patient's anti-hepatitis C test results. The chart indicates no action after a negative HCV test and three different actions if the test is positive. It also advises when to stop the additional testing, when to continue, and when to have the patient medically evaluated for active infection and liver disease.

MMWR: CDC Guidance for Evaluating Health-Care Personnel for Hepatitis B Virus Protection and for Administering Postexposure Management

This serial contains CDC guidance that augments the 2011 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for evaluating hepatitis B protection among health-care personnel (HCP) and administering post-exposure prophylaxis. Although the rate of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections have declined approximately 89% during 1990–2011, from 8.5 to 0.9 cases per 100,000 population in the United States, the risk for occupationally acquired HBV among HCP persists, largely from exposures to patients with chronic HBV infection.

Locations and Reasons for Initial Testing for Hepatitis C Infection — Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study, United States, 2006-2010

This report presents results of a survey to understand where and why individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection got their intial testing. An analysis of 2006–2010 survey results from 4,689 participants in the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study indicated that a substantial proportion of HCV-infected patients were tested only after clinical indications that their infection had progressed and became symptomatic.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Healthcare Associates HIV Manual

This manual provides guidelines for treatment and health care maintenance of persons with HIV infection. It discusses testing and counseling, the initial evaluation of patients, initiating antiretroviral therapy, what drugs should be used, adverse reactions, and the issue of patient adherence to therapy. It also includes special considerations for treating pregnant women.

MMWR: Expanding Primary Care Capacity to Treat Hepatitis C Virus Infection Through an Evidence-Based Care Model--Arizona and Utah, 2012-2014

This report describes the CDC- funded programs beginning September 2012 in Utah and Arizona to improve access to primary care providers with the capacity to manage and treat HCV infection. The programs were modeled on the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (Project ECHO) developed by the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center in 2003 to build primary care capacity to treat disease among rural underserved populations through videoconferencing and case-based learning in “teleECHO” clinics.

MMWR: Early Identification and Linkage to Care of Persons with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection––Three U.S. Sites, 2012-2014

This report describes programs at three sites (New York, New York; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; and San Diego, California) that conducted hepatitis B virus (HBV) testing, in clinical or community settings, and referred for medical evaluation and care those persons whose hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test results were positive. During October 2012–March 2014, the three sites tested 4,727 persons for HBV infection; 310 (6.6%) were HBsAg-positive.

Expanding Primary Care Capacity to Treat Hepatitis C

This report describes CDC-funded programs in Utah and Arizona to improve access to primary care providers with the ability to manage and treat HCV infection. The programs were modeled on the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (Project ECHO) developed by the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center in 2003 to build primary care capacity to treat disease in rural underserved areas using videoconferencing and case based learning in “teleECHO” clinics.
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