Table 1.

Risk factors that should prompt HCV Screening.

Any history of intravenous illicit drugs in the recent and remote past

Conditions associated with high prevalence of HCV infection

a) HIV infection

b) Hemophiliacs who received blood products (clotting factor concentrates) prior to 1987

c) Hemodialysis patients

d) Unexplained abnormal aminotransferase levels

Prior recipients of transfusions or organ transplants prior to 1992

Children born to HCV-infected mothers

Health careworkers after a needle stick injury or mucosal exposure to HCV-infected blood

Sexual partners of HCV-infected persons