What can you do?
Promote CDC’s latest 2023 guidelines. Screen patients 18 years and older at least once for hepatitis B. Don’t miss an opportunity to vaccinate your patients against hepatitis B, especially:
- Adults aged 19 through 59 years
- Adults aged 60+ with risk factors for hepatitis B or who want to be vaccinated.
Share with your clinical staff: the National Adult Influenza Immunization Summit (NAIIS) Call to Action strategies to increase adult immunization.
California law requires facilities offering primary care services to offer all adults testing for hepatitis B and hepatitis C, as described at:
For clinicians who are uncertain on how to treat hepatitis B and hepatitis C in their primary care settings, free training resources include:
- Self-guided, interactive online courses for primary care providers on Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. from the University of Washington.
- Hepatitis C Project ECHO, which trains primary care providers to treat HCV, developed by the UC San Francisco, Viral Hepatitis Center.
CDC also recently made available a Hepatitis C Treatment Locator, which can be used to identify local treating clinicians and can be embedded in your organization’s website as a resource for your communities.
Share Educational Resources About Hepatitis B Prevention
Share Educational Resources About Hepatitis B Prevention