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Recommendations for prevention and control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and HCV-related chronic disease
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October 16, 1998
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Description:These recommendations are an expansion of previous recommendations for the prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection that focused on screening and follow-up of blood, plasma, organ, tissue, and semen donors (CDC. Public Health Service inter-agency guidelines for screening donors of blood, plasma, organs, tissues, and semen for evidence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C. MMWR 1991;40[No. RR-41;1-17). The recommendations in this report provide broader guidelines for a) preventing transmission of HCV; b) identifying, counseling, and testing persons at risk for HCV infection; and c) providing appropriate medical evaluation and management of HCV-infected persons. Based on currently available knowledge, these recommendations were developed by CDC staff members after consultation with experts who met in Atlanta during July 15-17, 1998. This report is intended to serve as a resource for health-care professionals, public health officials, and organizations involved in the development, delivery, and evaluation of prevention and clinical services.
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Content Notes:The following CDC staff members prepared this report: Miriam J. Alter, Harold S. Margolis, and others, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases.
Includes 4 page insert of questions to be answered and submitted for continuing medical education credit.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Pubmed ID:9790221
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Pages in Document:print; vi, 39 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Volume:47
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Issue:19
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