HIVMA Comments on USPSTF Updated HCV Screening Recommendation
HIVMA
weighed in with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in support of
the panel’s draft recommendation to upgrade the rating for HCV screening of
persons with risk factors from a grade “I” to a grade “B,” but urging that
patients with an HIV diagnosis be specifically named among the high risk
populations that should be screened for HCV infection. The comments also
strongly urge the Task Force to reconsider the “C” grade level recommended for
the 1945 to 1965 birth cohort, and revisit the considerable evidence to support
strengthening this rating.
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