Hepatitis C virus: An overview for dental healthcare providers

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• Alternative Title:
  J Am Dent Assoc
• Personal Author:
  Klevens, R. Monina ; Moorman, Anne C.
• Description:
  and Overview. Changes in the science of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and transmission in a private dental practice provide an opportunity to update dental health care providers about this pathogen. The authors' aims in this review were to create awareness of health care- associated transmission of hepatitis C and provide an update on the changes in testing and treatment. The authors include data from population-based epidemiologic surveys, clinical practice guidelines, surveillance reports and practice protocols.|In the United States, the elevated prevalence of chronic HCV infection among baby boomers-people born during the period from 1945 through 1965-led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to release new national screening guidelines. The authors summarize information about the natural history and epidemiology of hepatitis C and describe the new guidelines and novel treatment options. In addition, the authors provide an overview of how outbreaks of health care-associated HCV are detected and prevented. Practical Implications. Because dental health care professionals likely will treat people with current infection, education in the current science of HCV infection is useful.
• Subjects:
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.S. Cross Infection Dental Care Hepatitis C Hepatitis C, Chronic Humans Infection Control, Dental Mass Screening United States Universal Precautions
• Keywords:
  Healthcare-associated Infections Injection Safety Standard Precautions
• Source:
  J Am Dent Assoc. 144(12):1340-1347
• Pubmed ID:
  24282263
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5736133
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  144
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:336fdabd8591100f987e0bf53ffb3336bc97a5845f8d05c82262745460d56b4c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50579/cdc_50579_DS1.pdf
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