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Follow on Google News | Primary Care Providers Guided to 'B Positive'B Positive — all you wanted to know about hepatitis B: a guide for primary care providers released in 2nd Edition.
By: Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) The handbook, which has also been released as a website hepatitisB.org.au, supports healthcare professionals to deliver appropriate and evidence-based care, in line with the Australian Government’s recently announced National Hepatitis B Strategy. Designed to be used as a desktop or online resource, B Positive is a comprehensive summary of currently available knowledge and practice in the diagnosis, care, and management of hepatitis B. “Increased expertise amongst primary care professionals, including prescribing, will be essential for reducing the incidence of adverse outcomes, including liver cancer,” said co-editor, Nicole Allard. Contents of the Handbook The handbook contains extensive research and clinical information, including: · * Prevalence and epidemiology · * Virology & natural history · * Testing and interpreting test results · * Primary prevention · * Clinical assessment · * Treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection ·M * Managing patients with advanced liver disease & hepatocellular carcinoma ·M * Managing hepatitis B in pregnancy and children · * Co-infection and immunosuppression · * Complementary medicine There is also guidance for primary care practitioners about infection control; privacy, confidentiality, and legal responsibilities; “The new 2014 edition contains more tables, summaries and key practice points. The online version also contains hyperlinked text to allow users to easily flow through relevant related information,” Disease Burden Chronic hepatitis B currently affects around 218,000 Australians. Most of those affected were born overseas, predominantly from the Asia and Pacific regions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are over-represented with 10 per cent of the disease burden, despite only making up three per cent of the population. Untreated hepatitis B can lead to liver illness, liver failure, and liver cancer, which is now Australia’s fastest rising cause of cancer death. B Positive has been designed with practitioners from a diverse range of settings in mind — from inner-city to rural, and remote clinics, and clinics who serve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Chapters have been contributed by a number of pre-eminent specialists from across Australia. End
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