Home Hepatitis C Test Kit Training Project Provides Free HCV Screening
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The document provides information about Hepatitis C testing through the Home Access Hepatitis C Test Kit program run by the Hepatitis Education Project (HEP) in Seattle, Washington. HEP receives free test kits from the Washington Department of Health to distribute. The test allows individuals to determine their hepatitis C risk and status through a finger prick blood sample collected and sent to a laboratory for analysis. Positive results require confirmation through a follow up test at a clinic. The document outlines the testing and result process.
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- There are other hepatitis virus (D, E, G), but they are far less common in the U.S.
- New treatments for HCV are expected to increase “cure” rates from 40% to up to 80%.
- Remind students: HIV cannot survive outside of the body.
- Risk assessment examples are available here in both English and Spanish Pre-paid mailing boxes are in each kit Individual results are faxed to your office… Event and individual data reports are available by request from Home Access
- If you are giving
- Maria mention heat pack…especially in winter when hands are cold
- Either the person getting tested or you can prick their finger for them. More often than not we’ve found that most people want you to do it for them. The best way we have found to poke the finger is more on the side of the finger than the finger tip…the skin is tighter and there is more pressure there. The idea is not to touch the finger to the paper because it will both make the finger clot and it could also mess up the sample. However, it is OKAY to touch the drop of blood to the paper. Squeeze the finger to produce blood drops…I have found it easier and more productive to have them squeeze their own finger. Squeezing from the base of the finger to the tip where the puncture is has been found to be very effective. Sometimes it is necessary to poke them more than once…if that is the case make sure you have extra lancets (from previous tests) and extra band-aids…since they only give you one in the kit.
- While the circle must be completely filled…it is okay for blood to drop outside of the circle.
- I only squeeze the finger from base to puncture site if I am having trouble getting blood to come out of the puncture site alone.
- Allow the sample to dry for about 15-30 minutes…if it is out longer don’t worry about it…I’ve never had an issue with any result because it has dried for too long. However, the new info is you technically don’t have to let it dry first…this is up to you Make sure the pin number is written on the risk assessment before you place it into the foil pouch!!!
- It is possible for results to come back earlier but I’ve found that they’re generally back in 2 to 3 weeks. Test results are best given in person but can be given over the phone if necessary Home Access can send out a data reports after an event to track demographics and risk levels but you have to call and ask for them to be generated. Results are faxed to your office…for those who don’t have a fax machine…I would call home access to determine the best solution for your program.