WA Hepatitis C Case Finding For Practice Nurses

Many people may not know their hepatitis C status or may not be aware that new treatments to cure hepatitis C are readily available and have minimal side effects.

Date: Monday, 25 July 2022

Time: 12:30PM – 2:00PM (AWST)

This webinar will assist primary healthcare nurses and practice managers in WA to undertake case finding for hepatitis C in their practice by;

• identifying target populations
• conducting searches to identify those patients
• implementing systems to recall those patients back for testing or care
• build stronger patient-practice relationships to enhance health outcomes for people living with hepatitis C.

Presenter: Leanne Myers, Nurse Practitioner Harm Reduction WA

Learning Outcomes:

• outline the importance of hepatitis C case finding and describe the role of primary care in case finding
• identify target populations for hepatitis C case finding in your practice
• describe a process to recall patients into your practice for hepatitis C testing and care
• identify available resources to support your practice in hepatitis C case finding

This course is funded by Western Australian Department of Health.

Please click here to download the flyer

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