The following should be considered when integrating hepatitis testing into family planning clinics:
Staff training
Paperwork requirements
Testing requirements
All of the above should be considered
The following was cited as the greatest barrier to hepatitis integration into family planning clinics:
Lack of time with client
Testing not available
Funding
Language
The liver serves the following function:
To detoxify everything an individual eats, breathes and absorbs through their skin
Produce bile
Remove waste products from blood
All of the above
The following are types of viral hepatitis:
C only
A and C only
A, B and C only
A, B, C, D and E
Which type of viral hepatitis does not cause chronic liver disease?
A
B
C
All can cause chronic liver disease.
The following is NOT a sign or symptom associated with hepatitis:
Dark urine
Increased appetite
Joint pain
Low grade fever
A rare speedy course of hepatitis infection with rapid worsening is known as:
Acute hepatitis
Chronic persistent hepatitis
Chronic active hepatitis
Fulminant hepatitis
The following type of hepatitis is primarily transmitted via feces and the source of food and waterborne hepatitis epidemics in the United States:
A
B
C
All of the above
A 19 year old client presenting with an STD should receive:
HBV vaccine
HCV testing
HIV testing
All of the above
A and C only
The following individuals should be vaccinated against hepatitis A:
Women who have HIV disease
Women who have sex with MSMs
Women who use drugs (injecting and non-injecting)
All of the above
After an individual has recovered from hepatitis A, the person cannot be re-infected with any type of viral hepatitis.
True
False
The following percentage of adults who are infected with HBV who develop chronic hepatitis B:
5-10%
20-30%
40-50%
None of the above
Hepatitis B is 100 times more infectious than HIV.
True
False
Hepatitis B can be spread:
When blood or body fluids from an infected person enters the body of a person who is not immune
From an infected mother to her baby
By casual contact between an infected person and a person is not immune
Both A and B
The hepatitis B vaccine should be given to the following:
All infants and children
High risk adults
Professionals who come into contact with blood
All of the above
There is treatment available for the following:
Chronic HBV
Chronic HCV
Both A and B
None of the above
The number of new Hepatitis C infections has declined annually since the 80’s.
True
False
What percentage of individuals infected with hepatitis C develop a “chronic” infection?
35%
55%
75%
95%
The following individuals are at high risk for becoming infected with HCV:
People who inject drugs
Recipients of blood transfusion before 1992
Persons who have sex with multiple partners
Both A and B
The following are true statements regarding hepatitis C:
There is no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C
There is treatment available for chronic hepatitis C
About 25% of individuals living with HIV are co-infected with hepatitis C
All of the above are true statements
Hepatitis C treatment may include:
Interferon
Ribavirin
A combination of both interferon and ribavirin
There is no treatment for HCV
Why address HIV and HCV together?
HIV and HCV have similar modes of transmission
HIV and HCV have similar prevention methods
HIV and HCV have similar target populations
All of the above
Hepatitis D infection occurs only in the presence of the following hepatitis virus:
A
B
C
E
Hepatitis E is most commonly spread by contaminated drinking water and rarely occurs in the United States.
True
False