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Indication -
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
Antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) (anti-HCV)
Assay formats
RDT
Status history
First added in 2018
Changed in 2020
Purpose type
Screening, Aid to diagnosis
Purpose
To screen for HCV infection, and to aid in the diagnosis of viraemic HCV infection: infants > 18 months of age, children, adolescents and adults
Specimen types
Capillary whole blood, Venous whole blood, Plasma, Serum
WHO prequalified or recommended products
Public reports of WHO prequalified IVDs https://extranet.who.int/pqweb/vitro-diagnostics/prequalification-reports/whopr?field_whopr_category=59
WHO supporting documents
Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing (February 2017) http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/254621 ; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-c
Codes
ICD11 code:
1E51.1
Summary of SAGE IVD recommendation
Test