MMWR: Updated CDC Recommendations for the Management of Hepatitis B Virus–Infected Health-Care Providers and Students
These updated recommendations reaffirm the 1991 CDC recommendation that HBV infection alone should not disqualify infected persons from the practice or study of surgery, dentistry, medicine, or allied health fields. The previous recommendations have been updated to include the following changes: no prenotification of patients of a health-care provider's or student's HBV status; use of HBV DNA serum levels rather than hepatitis B e-antigen status to monitor infectivity; and, for those health-care professionals requiring oversight, specific suggestions for composition of expert review panels and threshold value of serum HBV DNA considered "safe" for practice (<1,000 IU/ml).
MMWR: Progress Toward Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus Infection - Egypt, 2001–2012
Worldwide, 130–170 million persons are living with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which, if left untreated, can result in cirrhosis and liver cancer. Egypt has the largest burden of HCV infection in the world, with a 10% prevalence of chronic HCV infection among persons aged 15–59 years. HCV transmission in Egypt is associated primarily with inadequate infection control during medical and dental care procedures. In response, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) in 2001 implemented a program to reduce health-care–associated HCV transmission and in 2008 launched a program to provide care and treatment. This report describes the progress of these programs, identifies deficiencies, and recommends enhancements, including the establishment of a comprehensive national viral hepatitis control program.
Viral Hepatitis Surveillance – United States, 2010
As part of CDC’s National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS), viral hepatitis case-reports are received electronically from state health departments via CDC’s National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS), a computerized public health surveillance system that provides CDC with data regarding cases of nationally notifiable diseases on a weekly basis. Although surveillance infrastructure is in place for reporting of acute infection, reports of chronic hepatitis B and C, which account for the greatest burden of disease, are not submitted by most states. As noted in the 2010 report from the Institute of Medicine, surveillance capacity to monitor both acute and chronic viral hepatitis is limited at the state and local levels, resulting in incomplete and variable data.
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/
July 28th is World Hepatitis Day
During the month of July, CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) will be observing the 2nd annual World Hepatitis Day on July 28th.
During the month of July, CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) will be observing the 2nd annual World Hepatitis Day on July 28th.
- World Hepatitis Day web feature
- MMWR World Hepatitis Day notice
- Hepatitis Risk Assessment
- Twitter chat - please join @CDChep , and our guest the Hepatitis B Foundation, @HepBFoundation, on July 27th at 2pm EST to discuss hepatitis B topics and available resources to educate and raise hepatitis B awareness around the world. Join the conversation, use the hashtag #WHDchat.
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