Editorial Team
5m Read
11 de Setembro de 2024
2m Watch
11 de Setembro de 2024
6m Watch
11 de Setembro de 2024
2m Read
11 de Setembro de 2024
Impact Story
Tratar reclusos que têm resultados positivos no teste do VHC é uma parte crucial da iniciativa global para eliminar a doença, porque ajuda a reduzir as taxas de infeção dentro e fora os estabelecimentos prisionais.
The current standard pathway for testing, which takes two to three weeks to get the result, is too slow, and many inmates are released from prison before starting treatment.
Providing access to a simplified test-and-treat pathway through point-of-care HCV RNA testing with Xpert® HCV VL Fingerstick provides results in less than an hour.
"The sooner you can get somebody diagnosed and onto treatment, the better it is for that individual and for the community inside and outside the prison.”
Ashley Brown, Hepatologista Consultora na Confiança no Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust e HMP na Wormwood Scrubs Prison
According to Ashley Brown, Consultant Hepatologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and HMP Wormwood Scrubs Prison, implementing the GeneXpert® system as part of the HCV testing pathway enabled the institution to know the status of new inmates in one day instead of two to three weeks.
“It meant 60% more prisoners were able to achieve that treatment period,” Brown notes. “When we follow them up, the vast majority are achieving clearance of the virus, and it is modifying their behaviour, making them less likely to take additional risks."
Using the GeneXpert system at the Wormwood Scrubs prison allowed inmates to find out if they had an HCV active infection on the same day as they were tested. Os reclusos com resultado positivo no teste iniciam o tratamento no prazo de quatro dias após o seu diagnóstico, diminuindo consideravelmente as etapas de cuidados e levando a um aumento significativo no número de reclusos que iniciam o tratamento.
Watch to learn how point-of-care testing simplifies HCV's diagnostics pathway in prisons.
Cepheid’s testing solution provides medically actionable information to healthcare professionals, enabling same-day testing and treatments for infectious disease management.
Learn more about the GeneXpert® system.
CE-IVD. Dispositivo médico para diagnóstico in vitro. Poderá não estar disponível em todos os países. Não está disponível nos Estados Unidos da América.
Referências:
Z.Mohamed, et al. Time matters: Point of care screening and streamlined linkage to care dramatically improves hepatitis C treatment uptake in prisoners in England. Int J Drug Policy. 2020 Jan;75:102608. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31759307/
Point-of-Care Testing Simplifies the Diagnostics Pathway for Hepatitis C in Prisons. Video accessed 24 de Maio de 2024. https://youtu.be/eiZiHNeJn7g
MAIS