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Indication -
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
Antibodies to HCV
(anti-HCV)
Assay formats
RDT
Status history
First added in 2018
Changed in 2020
Changed in 2021
Purpose type
Screening
Purpose
To screen blood donations for HCV
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
Screening donated blood for transfusion-transmissible infections: recommendations (2009) http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/44202
Technical specifications for procurements
Codes
ICD11 code:
1E51.1
SAGE IVD recommendation
SAGE IVD decided to include this device and add technical procurement.