Findings from a Project Which Established Hepatitis C Point-of-Care Testing and Linkage to Care at a Homelessness Service in Adelaide, Australia, 2021–2022
We successfully established HCV testing and a treatment pathway at a homelessness service using HCV antibody and RNA point-of-care testing. The high testing uptake underscores the utility of HCV point-of-care testing when establishing HCV testing and treatment pathways. The low RNA positivity suggests that an initial HCV antibody test was cost-effective, and the four clients diagnosed with chronic HCV who were lost to follow-up indicate a need for enhanced treatment support.
Authors
- Erin M. McCartney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4436-4151)
- Victoria Cock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-5077)
- Catherine Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7200-7699)
- Jacqueline A. Richmond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7556-786X)
- Alan J. Wigg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8054-5745)
- Lucy Ralton
- Edmund Tse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0643-3926)
- Joshua Dawe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3227-9849)
- David Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9359-050X)
- Jeffrey Stewart
- Tom ap Rees
Institutions
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (AU)
- Burnet Institute (AU)
- At Bristol (GB)
- Alcohol and Drug Foundation (AU)
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital (AU)
- Women's and Children's Health Network (AU)
- SA Health (AU)
- Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Publication Details
- Journal
- Viruses
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v16121882
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.37