Preliminary Screening Results Outside the 1945–1965 Birth Cohort: A Forgotten Population for Hepatitis C?. (10th April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Winetsky, Daniel; Zucker, Jason; Slowikowski, Jacek; Scherer, Matthew; Verna, Elizabeth C; Gordon, Peter
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 6:Number 5(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-04-10
• Subjects: HCV epidemiology -- hepatitis C infection -- quality improvement -- social vulnerability -- universal screening; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz178
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: In December 2017, our academic medical center implemented universal hepatitis C virus screening among adult hospitalized patients. We reviewed charts of patients screening positive outside the birth cohort (1945–1965) in the first 6 months after implementation. Documented risk factors were common in younger patients but rare in patients born before 1945.