SHAPE – Supporting Hepatitis Awareness through Program Enhancement

The overall objective of SHAPE is to provide capacity building assistance tools to integrate HCV awareness, screening and care within a health facility’s existing infrastructure and culture. SHAPE tools have been developed to improve the HCV standard of care within health systems to routinely include HCV screening, testing, linkage to cure, and support.

Greenlight HCV

GREENLIGHT Hepatitis C will provide guidance and information for step-by-step integration and development of hepatitis C testing, patient identification, linkage to CURE and long-term support for those affected by hepatitis C and the people who care for them.

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CDC Educational Tools

Hepatitis C Information for Health Professionals

Recommendations for the Identification of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Persons Born During 1945-1965

Testing for HCV Infection: An Update of Guidance for Clinicians and Laboratorians

Viral Hepatitis Surveillance – United States, 2012

Guidelines for Viral Hepatitis Surveillance and Case Management

Recommended Testing Sequence for Identifying Current Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection

Interpretation of Results of Tests for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and Further Actions

Template – Viral Hepatitis Case Report

Template – Viral Hepatitis Case Record for reporting of Patients with Symptomatic Viral Hepatitis

Other Educational Tools

Final Recommendation Statement – Hepatitis C: Screening (USPSTF)

USPSTF – HCV Recommendation – Final Evidence Review  (USPSTF)

Guidelines to Identify Patients in the 1945 – 1965 Birth Cohort with Hepatitis C

Virus (HCV) Infection Using Electronic Medical Record Systems (NVHR)

Hepatitis C Online Slide Lectures