CDC Features - Viral Hepatitis Updates from CDC

Viral Hepatitis Updates from CDC
Viral Hepatitis Surveillance – United States, 2009 The 2009 viral hepatitis surveillance report reflects a novel approach to providing public health partners with a more accurate, comprehensive look into viral hepatitis surveillance and the burden caused by these infections in the United States. This report includes information about investigations of specific cases and outbreaks of viral hepatitis identified by state and local reporting areas that involved CDC epidemiologic or laboratory assistance. Information about deaths attributed to viral hepatitis also is included for the first time. Perhaps the most significant addition to this report is the inclusion of case-report data for chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections. The inclusion of these data represents an important first step towards national monitoring of the prevalence of viral hepatitis in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Statistics/2009Surveillance/index.htm
Chronic Hepatitis B and Asian &Pacific Islanders Increasing early diagnosis of Hepatitis B and expanding access to lifesaving medical care could help reduce inequalities in liver cancer among groups at greatest risk including Asian and Pacific islanders.
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/ChronicHepatitisB/
CDC Fact Sheets Check out our newly re-designed page of Hepatitis C Fact Sheets including the following:
- Hepatitis C - General Fact Sheet
- Hepatitis C - Information about Testing
- Living with Chronic Hepatitis C
-  Hepatitis Fact Sheet for Gay and Bisexual Men
- Hepatitis C and the Incarcerated Population
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/C/PatientEduC.htm
Hepatitis Web Study* Featuring interactive, case-based modules with free CE credits, a slide library with presentations for downloading and a glossary of definitions and terms.
http://depts.washington.edu/hepstudy/
New Proposed CDC Guideline: Making organs safer by preventing bloodborne infections In the last several years, CDC participated in more than 200 investigations where infected organs were reportedly transplanted into other recipients. Dozens of these transmissions were confirmed, and some of these led to the death of the transplant recipient. In an effort to protect patients, CDC led a multidisciplinary group of transplant and infection prevention experts through a systematic review of the best available evidence to update standards for safe transplants. These proposed recommendations call for more thorough donor screening and more advanced organ testing to help protect patients from infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV).

The full draft guidelines can be found on Regulations.gov, and CDC encourages review and response during the 60-day comment period.   Also, join a discussion with Dr. Matthew Kuehnert on the guidelines on today’s CDC Safe Healthcare Blog, http://blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare.

MMWR - Notes from the Field: Transplant-Transmitted Hepatitis B Virus –U.S., 2010 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6032a4.htm

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CDC Features - Chronic Hepatitis B and Asian & Pacific Islanders