Get Hepatitis C screening coverage if at high risk or use illicit injection drugs. Medicare will cover screening test cost if at high risk.
[1] In the United States, screening for HCV infection is recommended in all adults age 18 to 79 years old.[8] There is no vaccine against hepatitis C. [1][9] Prevention includes harm...
Learn more about the CDC and USPSTF recommendations for hepatitis C screening among adults in the United States along with testing sequence information.
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization to Cepheid for the Xpert HCV test and GeneXpert Xpress System, the first hepatitis C virus test that can be used to brin...
In the arm of the study where patients received a screening order in addition to the usual reminder letter, 43 percent of the patients completed their hepatitis C screening within four...
Recommendation Summary ; Population : Adults aged 18 to 79 years, Recommendation : The USPSTF recommends screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in adults aged 18 to 79 years. Grade : B
The test device has control (C) and test (T) zones. If a line is visible only in the C zone (device on left), the test is considered nonreactive. If lines are visible in both the T and C...
Study Overview ; Conditions · Hepatitis C ; Intervention / Treatment · Other: Standard of Care · Other: Hepatitis C Screening Alerts in CHORUS™
Learn about hepatitis C testing, who should be tested, and what kinds of tests are available.
Hepatitis C is a common cause of chronic hepatitis. It is often asymptomatic until manifestations of chronic liver disease occur. Diagnosis is confirmed by finding positive anti-HCV and positive HCV RNA ≥ 6 months after initial infection. Treatment is with direct-acting antiviral medications; permanent elimination of detectable viral RNA is possible. (See also Causes of Hepatitis, Overview of Chronic Hepatitis, and Acute Hepatitis C.) · Hepatitis lasting > 6 months is generally defined as chronic hepatitis, although this duration is arbitrar ...