Guidelines and Recommendations

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2010
MMWR 2010;59(RR-12) - Includes a chapter on Hepatitis C

Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Post-exposure Prophylaxis [PDF - 67 pages]
MMWR 2001;50(RR-11)

Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients [PDF - 63 pages]
MMWR 2001;50(RR-5)

National Hepatitis C Prevention Strategy
CDC 2001

1999 USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) [PDF - 82 pages]
MMWR 1999;48(RR-10)

Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease [PDF - 54 pages]
MMWR 1998;47(RR-19)

Occupational Exposure

Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
MMWR 2001;56(RR-11)

National Clinicians Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (PEPline)
Hotline providing clinicians with 24-hour guidance on managing occupational exposures to HIV, viral hepatitis, and other bloodborne pathogens

Peer Reviews

CDC is currently undertaking a peer review process to examine a proposed expansion to its existing 1998 Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease that would include a recommendation for the identification of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection among persons born from 1945 through 1965.
Agenda