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*hepatitis, C
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This site is provided by past and presents members of the United States Military with Hepatitis C (HCV) to assist fellow Retirees/Veterans / Active Military and Dependents with awareness to the Hep C virus exposure methods during military service.
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The VA Testimony before the Subcommittee on Benefits Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, April 13, 2000, Gary A. Roselle, M. D., Program Director for Infectious Diseases, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, state, "One in 10 US Veterans are infected with HCV", a rate 5 times greater than the 1.8% infection rate of the general population." A study conducted in 1999, by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and involving 26,000 veterans shows that up to 10% of all veterans in the VHA system tested positive for hepatitis C. Of the total number of persons who were hepatitis C antibody positive, and reported an era of service, 62.7% were noted to be from the Vietnam. The second most frequent group is listed as post-Vietnam at 18.2%, followed by 4.8% Korean conflict, 4.3% post-Korean conflict, 4.2% from WWII, and 2.7% Persian Gulf era veterans.[1], War on Terror- Iraq and Afghanistan active military and veterans- A confidential letter was delivered within the military command, requesting implementation of a pathogen inactivation for troops abroad. [20] |
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Why Active/Retired Military &
Veterans are at such The following list are recognized service connected transmission methods for the Hepatitis C virus and other bloodborne pathogens. If a veteran applies for benefits and does not have "other" risk factors, or can prove service was a "greater risk" for infection with Hepatitis C, will be eligible for service connection.
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| Jet "Air Gun" Injections | Blood Transfusions | Blood Base Products/Vaccines |
| Exposed to Blood/body Fluid | Reusable Needles, Syringes & Vials | Finger Pricks/Lancets |
| Medical Procedures |
Dental Procedures |
Kidney/Blood Dialyses |
| Tissue/bone Transplant | Tattoos In Service | Had a STD/STI or Multiple Partners in service |
| Used Tooth Brush | Used Razors | 2006 Prostate/Scope Exams 22,000 + vets ... across the country are warned improperly sterilized equipment |
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Mar 26, 2009
VA mum extent of equipment
contamination By
Bill Poovey - The Associated
Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —
Thousands of military
veterans across the South
are waiting to find out
if they were exposed to
infectious diseases by
government clinics that
performed colonoscopies
and other procedures with
equipment that wasn’t
properly sterilized.,,Veterans
Affairs officials won’t say
if mistakes that may have
exposed patients to
infections at medical
centers in Tennessee and
Florida and a clinic in
Georgia have been discovered
elsewhere. |
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6 January
2009 CDC REVIEW Nonhospital Health are–Associated Hepatitis B and C Virus Transmission: United States, 1998–2008 ...hepatitis C virus (HCV) from health care exposures... review of outbreak information revealed 33 outbreaks ...the putative mechanism of infection was patient-to-patient transmission through failure of health care personnel to adhere to fundamental principles of infection control and aseptic technique (for example, reuse of syringes or lancing devices)...recognized outbreaks indicate a wider and growing problem as health care is increasingly provided in outpatient settings in which infection control training and oversight may be inadequate. |
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November
2006 Journal of Viral
Hepatitis 13(11): 775-782.
15
independent risk factors for
HCV By Liz
Highleyman ... our data
incriminate previously
unidentified risk factors (abortions,
some dermatological
procedures, outpatient
injections, contact sports,
beauty treatments,
professional
pedicure/manicure) and
confirm those already
recognized hospitalization,
digestive endoscopy,
acupuncture... |
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