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Overcoming Challenges in HIV and HCV Testing and Linkage to Care

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Overview / Abstract:

The U.S. opioid crisis has fueled injection drug use (IDU), causing a dramatic increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, with IDU accounting for one in 10 new HIV infections. While effective treatment options for HIV and HCV are available, barriers within OUD populations, such as high-risk behaviors, make testing and treatment difficult, but routine and repeated HIV and HCV testing should be offered to patients with OUD, with point-of-care testing being key to improving care and reducing forward transmission of HIV and hepatitis C.

Part One of this CME Outfitters Briefcase, a case-based faculty interview, examines a real-world case highlighting strategies for testing at-risk patients for HIV and HCV, including OUD populations. Further, faculty will discuss how to interpret lab results and the appropriate steps to take for this patient population.

At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
-Implement strategies to improve HIV and HCV testing in at-risk patients including injection drug users.

The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or
CPE credit:
-Describe strategies to improve HV testing in at-risk patients including injection drug users.

Expiration

Dec 31, 2020

Discipline(s)

Nurse Practitioner , Nursing CNE, Pharmacy CPE, Physician CME, Physician Assistant CME, Psychology CE

Format

Webinar / Webcast / Video

Credits / Hours

0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)

Accreditation

ACCME, ACPE, ABIM/MOC, AANP, AAPA

Presenters / Authors / Faculty

Carlos Malvestutto, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Jaimie P. Meyer, MD, MS, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease AIDS
Program
Yale University School of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Primary Care/Health Systems in Nursing
Yale School of Nursing
New Haven, CT

David Alain Wohl, MD
Professor of Medicine
Site Leader, Global HIV Prevention & Treatment Research Site
Co-Director, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Clinical Research Group
Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC

Activity Specialities / Related Topics

Diversion, Education / Teaching, Immunology / Immunosuppression, Pharmacology, Primary Care, Psychiatry / Mental Health, Public Health / Community Health, Substance Abuse / Dependence

Sponsors / Supporters / Grant Providers

Supported by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Keywords / Search Terms

CME Outfitters HIV testing, HCV testing, HIV/AIDS, HCV, Infectious Diseases, opioid crisis, injection drug use, IDU Free CE CME

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