Hepatitis B and hepatitis C in emergency department patients |
Kelen, et al; 1992 (7) . |
N Engl J Med. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 18% |
PubMed |
IIB |
Prevalence and risk factors associated with hepatitis C in ED patients |
Brillman, et al; 2002 (8) . |
Am J Emerg Med. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 17% |
PubMed |
IIB |
A Comparative effectiveness study of two nontargeted HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Screening algorithms in an urban emergency department |
White, et al; 2010 (14) . |
Ann J Emerg Med. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Comparative effectiveness study. |
New diagnoses of hepatitis C by electronic method 101 (1.44%). New diagnoses of hepatitis C by using the traditional screening method 9 (0.30%). |
PubMed |
IIB |
Implementation and preliminary results of an emergency department nontargeted, Opt-out Hepatitis C Virus Screening Program |
Schechter-Perkins, et al; 2018 (15) . |
Acad Emerg Med. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 13,2% Prevalence according to HCV-RNA of 7.7%. |
PubMed |
IIB |
Prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed Hepatitis C in a midwestern urban emergency department |
Lyons, et al; 2016 (16) . |
Clín Infect Dis. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 14% HCV-RNA of 81%. |
PubMed |
IIB |
Emergency department screening for Hepatitis C virus: geographic reach and spatial clustering in Central Alabama |
Donnelly, et al; 2016 (17) . |
Clín Infect Dis. |
Prevalence/retrospective study |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 11.6% |
PubMed |
IIB |
Evaluation of the centers for disease control and prevention Recommendations for Hepatitis C virus testing in an urban emergency department |
Hsieh, et al; 2016 (18) . |
Am J Emerg Med. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 13.8% |
PubMed |
IIB |
HCV among The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital Adult ED Patients |
Merchant, et al; 2014 (19) . |
R I Med J. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 4.6% |
PubMed |
IIB |
Unrecognized chronic hepatitis C virus infection among baby boomers in the emergency department |
Galbraith; et al; 2015 (20) . |
Hepatology. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 11.1% |
PubMed |
IIB |
Hepatitis C virus infection in the 1945-1965 birth cohort (baby boomers) in a large urban ED |
Allison, et al; 2016 (21) . |
Am J Emerg Med. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 7.3%. |
PubMed |
IIB |
Results of a Hepatitis C virus screening program of the 1945-1965 Birth Cohort in a large emergency department in New Jersey |
Cornett, et al; 2018 (22) . |
Open Forum Infect Dis. |
Prevalence/retrospective study |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 6.3% |
PubMed |
IIB |
Results of a Rapid Hepatitis C Virus Screening and Diagnostic Testing Program in an Urban Emergency Department |
White, et al; 2016 (23) . |
Ann Emerg Med. |
Prevalence/retrospective study |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 10.3% |
PubMed |
IIB |
Incorporating HIV/hepatitis B virus/hepatitis C virus combined testing into routine blood tests in nine UK Emergency Departments: the “Going Viral” campaign |
Orkin, et al; 2016 (24) . |
HIV Med. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 2.46% |
PubMed |
IIB |
High prevalence of hepatitis C (HCV) in the emergency department (ED) of a London hospital: should we be screening for HCV in ED attendees? |
Orkin, et al; 2015 (25) . |
Epidemiol Infect. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 2.6% Total prevalence after analysis of HCV-RNA of 1.2%. |
PubMed |
IIB |
Screening for latent TB, HIV, and hepatitis B/C in new migrants in a high prevalence area of London, UK: a cross-sectional study |
Hargreaves, et al; 2014 (26) . |
BMC Infect Dis. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 0% |
PubMed |
IIB |
Opt-Out Panel Testing for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in an urban emergency department: a pilot study |
O’Connell, et al; 2016 (27) . |
PLoS One. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 5.05% |
PubMed |
IIB |
High prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies in two metropolitan emergency departments in Germany: a prospective screening analysis of 28,809 patients |
Vermehren, et al; 2012 (28) . |
PLoS One. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 2.6% Total prevalence after analysis of RNA-HCV 1.6%. |
PubMed |
IIB |
Hepatitis C virus infection risk factors in patients admitted to hospital emergency departments in Picardy Value of oriented screening based on recommendations of the ‘Direction Générale de la Santé’ |
Capron, et al; 1999 (29) . |
Eur J Gastroenterol |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 2.4% |
PubMed |
IIB |
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV seroprevalence in critically ill emergency medicine department patients in a tertiary inner city hospital in Istanbul, Turkey |
Ozturk, et al; 2014 (30) . |
Pak J Med Sci. |
Cross-sectional study (Prevalence)/Descriptive analysis. |
Anti-HCV prevalence of 5% |
PubMed |
IIB |