How to screen for a HCV infection early.

A hepatitis C infection doesn't show up in lab results immediately. It can take up to six weeks before anti-HCV can be detected. So how do you screen a patient who may have used a contaminated needle before antibodies can be detected? In this video from our Hepatitis Labs Essentials course, Dr Wonnerth explains the relationship between anti-HCV and RNA, how to use this to screen for HepC as early as two weeks after infection, and presents a diagnostic algorithm to help you make sense of the results.

Lab investigations are crucial for diagnosing viral hepatic infections but they can be tricky to interpret. Catch more cases of viral hepatitis with our course, Viral Hepatitis Lab Essentials. Taught by Dr Anna Wonnerth– Certified Family Physician and Laboratory Medicine Specialist at the Hospital of Wiener Neustadt, Austria–you'll be a viral hepatitis expert in no time.

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