From “Sorry we don’
– hepatitis screening clinics
2019
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Go to Clinic 275
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The Chinese community in Australia is one of several identified as being at higher risk for hepatitis B. In 2012, during a World Hepatitis Day event, a young Chinese woman approached us looking for hepatitis B testing. Sadly, we didn't facilitate hepatitis screening could only tell her to go to sexual health clinic 275. At the time, clinics were not part of our brief.
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RESULTS: From mid-2017 to end-2019, we screened 224 people, identified 24 as hepatitis B positive and provided them with referrals to their GPs with advice for onward care at liver clinics in hospitals. A screening clinic was also done with the Vietnamese community (see page 6).
Fast forward to 2019… this young couple is among hundreds from the community who have accessed hepatitis B and C screening facilitated by Hepatitis SA. How did this come about?
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Clinical guidelines were developed with advice from the RDNS and MOUs signed with GPs involved. Pre and post test information sheets were prepared and the Chinese language phoneline and social media information service remained available for those needing information.
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Set hav reco con and
Jun 2017 to Nov 2019 400
224
24
Screened
69
200
Positive
Vaccinated
Fibroscanned
300
100
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Report by Cecilia Lim HEPATITIS SA COMMUNITY NEWS 84 • January 2020
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Record keeping -
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