PPT-Treat To Prevent – Millennials, Drugs and Hepatitis C [HCV]

Strategies To Identify and Advance PWID HCV Patient Care Linkage to C Care Program Imtiaz Alam MD Medical Director Austin Hepatitis Center Medical Director HepCare Specialty Pharmacy. Number People with Reactive anti-HCV Antibody. United States Census Bureau 2010: Age and Sex Compositions (. http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf. ; accessed 7/23/14); . Ditah. et al. J . Number People with Reactive anti-HCV Antibody. United States Census Bureau 2010: Age and Sex Compositions (. http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf. ; accessed 7/23/14); . Ditah. et al. J . Dr. Joanna Eveland, MS, MD. Clinical Chief for Special Populations, MNHC. O. bjectives. Understand recommendations for age cohort and risk based screening for Hepatitis C. Review strategies for health promotion and optimizing treatment readiness for HCV infected homeless individuals. Program in a Pharmacy Setting. Conveying . the Urgency of . HCV Testing. 1. How to Talk about Hepatitis C Testing. 2. Chronic HCV Infection May Lead to Chronic Liver Disease and Liver Cancer as well as Systemic Disease : DM, Renal Disease, Lymphoma and other problems . CalREDIE Local Users Call. December 2, 2015. Rachel McLean, MPH. California Department of Public Health. Why Change the Hepatitis C Case Definition?. HCV antibody, RNA tests more accurate. Anti-HCV signal-to-cutoff ratio information often missing. 2. Introduction . Self-Advocacy through Education!. The information in this presentation is designed to help you understand and manage HCV and is not intended as medical advice. HCV medical care is a partnership between patients and their medical providers. MILLENNIALS How will we appeal to this group to enroll their children and help sustain our schools through fund-raising? Millennials: Our New Parent Market The oldest are 35 years old. They make up ~31% of the population. Sofosbuvir + Ribavirin to Prevent Post-Transplant HCV Recurrence Phase 2 Curry MP, et al. Gastroenterology . 2015;148:100-7. Treatment Naïve and Treatment Experienced Liver Transplantation Source: Curry MP, et . FMC. Disclosures. nil. Learning objectives/. t. alk plan. Epidemiology and natural history of HCV infection in Australia. Who is at high risk for HCV and how to screen. How to evaluate patient with HCV. Rachel Stallings, MPH. March 4, 2020. Hepatitis . Hepatitis = inflammation of the liver. Can be self-limiting or progress to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis, or liver cancer. . Causes:. Most commonly caused by a virus, there are 5: A, B, C, D & E. Condition. National Notification Criteria*. Print Criteria†. Hepatitis. . A. Confirmed. Confirmed. Acute . hepatitis. . B. Confirmed. Confirmed. Chronic . hepatitis. . B. Confirmed. . and. . probable. Scenario. Confirmed. . hepatitis. . A*. . AND…. Classification. Rationale. Hepatitis. . C. . virus. . (HCV). . test. . conversion. *. . documented. Confirmed. . acute. . hepatitis. . C. HCV TESTING – SCREENINGTesting should be initiated with an assay for serum antibody to HCV (anti-HCV). For those with reactive test results, the anti-HCV test should be followed by a con٠ Conrmed Unconrmed Unconrmed  Samples with high signal-to-cut-off ratios usually (�95%) conrm positive, but supplemental serologic testing was not performed