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This report presents guidelines for diagnosing, evaluating, and treating hepatitis C in persons incarcerated in Federal government prisons. It explains the transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), acute HCV infection and its treatment; chronic HCV infection; and a stepwise approach for detecting,...

This newsletter is a publication featuring information and news about infectious diseases for personnel working in and with correctional facilities. The Spring 2012 issue features articles discussing STD statistics, hepatitis, and Florida's "STD Specialty Care Pilot Project."

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Stepwise Approach for Detecting, Evaluating, and Treating Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection provides recommendations for the medical management of federal inmates with chronic hepatitis B, or who are otherwise at risk of infection. The treatment of chronic...

This Power Point presentation contains 181 slides that provide guidelines for the prevention and control of TB in correctional facilities, as recommended by CDC. The slides include a summary of changes from the 1996 CDC recommendations, background, screening, case reporting, airborne infection...