Evaluation of a universal vs a targeted hepatitis C virus screening strategy among pregnant women at the Vienna University Hospital

Am J Infect Control. 2013 May;41(5):459-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.06.003. Epub 2012 Oct 16.

Abstract

A universal vs a targeted hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening policy for identifying pregnant women with the virus were compared. Universal screening did not yield significantly more identification of patients with HCV than targeted screening. However, 14 of 67 (21%) women with confirmed HCV would not have been detected by targeted risk-based HCV screening.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Austria / epidemiology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Hepatitis C / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis C / epidemiology
  • Hepatitis C / prevention & control
  • Hepatitis C Antibodies / blood
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / virology
  • Prenatal Diagnosis*
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Hepatitis C Antibodies