Citation

Winetsky D, Zucker J, Slowikowski J, Scherer M, Verna EC, Gordon P. Open Forum Infect. Dis. 2019; 6(5).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/ofid/ofz178

PMID

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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. © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Language: en

Keywords

human; mental health; suicide; female; male; polymerase chain reaction; depression; prevalence; screening; hospitalization; risk factor; major clinical study; priority journal; alpha hemolytic Streptococcus; public health service; follow up; hepatitis C; cohort analysis; Hepatitis C virus; birth; Human immunodeficiency virus; liver cirrhosis; Article; bacterial infection; endocarditis; total quality management; men who have sex with men; Quality improvement; injection drug user; HCV epidemiology; Hepatitis C infection; RNA polymerase; Social vulnerability; Universal screening