Table 1
Women for whom anti-HCV testing should be performed in pregnancy
| • Women with history of exposure to blood products |
| • Women with history of intravenous drug abuse |
| • Patients and staff members involved in chronic dialysis programmes |
| • Women with HIV or HBV infection |
| • Sexual partners of people with HIV, HBV or HCV infection |
| • Women with history of body piercing and tattooing |
| • Recipients of organ transplants before 1992 |
| • Women with unexplained hypertransaminasaemia |
| • Participants in in vitro fertilisation programmes from anonymous donors |
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HCV, Hepatitis c virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus.
