PPT-Hepatitis C Overview 1 Updated 9/20/2017

2 Introduction SelfAdvocacy 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. Hepatitis A formerly called infectious hepatitis and hepatitis B formerly called serum hepatitis have been recognized as separate entities since the early 1940s and can be diagnosed with specific serologic tests Delta hepatitis is an infection depen Nurse Educator . Communications and Education Branch. Hepadnaviridae family (DNA). Numerous antigenic components. Humans are only known host. May retain infectivity for more than 7 days at room temperature. Connie Tien. June 6, 2016. Objectives. Develop a basic understanding of the modes of transmission, clinical manifestations, and laboratory findings of hepatitis A, B, C. Know what serologies to order for acute versus chronic viral hepatitis A, B, C. Multiple Casualty Incidents (MCI) . S-SV EMS Agency MICN Training (Updated . 12. -2017. ). 1. California OES Mutual Aid Regions. California is divided into 6 OES mutual aid regions . OES Region IV includes Nevada & Placer Counties . Virus Infection. Core Competency 3: Screening, Testing, Diagnosis, and Clinical Evaluation of HCV Infection among PLWH. Lesson Objectives. By the end of this lesson, the learner will be able to:. Define chronic HCV. Connie Tien. June 6, 2016. Objectives. Develop a basic understanding of the modes of transmission, clinical manifestations, and laboratory findings of hepatitis A, B, C. Know what serologies to order for acute versus chronic viral hepatitis A, B, C. in the EU/EEA – 2017 . data. Programme for HIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis. February 2019. Surveillance . of hepatitis B . and . C. –. principles. Surveillance programme coordinated by ECDC. Dr. Mohit Bhatia. Assistant Professor. Department of Microbiology. AIIMS, Rishikesh. HEPATOTROPISM. Special affinity for or exerting a specific effect on the liver which is usually seen with chemical compounds or hepatitis viruses. A. “. Infectious”. “. Serum”. Viral hepatitis. Enterically. transmitted. Parenterally. transmitted. F, G, TTV. ? other. E. NANB. B. D. C. Viral Hepatitis - Historical Perspectives. . Source of. Health Protection Surveillance Centre. ECDC Hepatitis E meeting, Stockholm, November 2018. Notifiable disease in Ireland. January . 2016 – Universal blood donor screening for hepatitis E commenced in Ireland. Improving Care of Substance Use, HIV, and/or HCV in Adolescents. April 16, 2015. Mashantucket, Connecticut . 1. Adolescents and HCV. Younger IDUs tend to have higher levels of unsafe injection practices and sexual risk behaviors and decreased likelihood to participate in drug treatment than their older counterparts. . Travellers with chronic liver disease. Although not at greater risk of hepatitis A infection, the disease can produce a much more serious illness in this group. Travellers whose sexual behaviour is li Epidemiologist Gary Heseltine MD MPH Texas Department of State Health Services 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756. E - mail: gary.heseltine@dshs.state.tx.us Telephone: 512 - 776 - 6352, Fax: 51 Hepatitis C. Essential Information on Prevalence, Risk Factors, Testing, . & Treatment. Why HCV? Why now?. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) kills more Americans than the 60 other reportable infectious diseases, including HIV, combined.