Screening for Hepatitis C in Emergency Departments

Screening for Hepatitis C in Emergency Departments

To the Editor HCV screening in EDs plays a vital role in identifying undiagnosed infections. Dr Haukoos and colleagues evaluated 2 approaches, identifying HCV in 0.21% (154/73 847) of patients via nontargeted screening and in 0.16% (115/73 651) via targeted screening. These findings suggest that the majority of cases could still be identified with substantially fewer tests.