Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the epidemiology of perinatal hepatitis C and perinatal hepatitis B.
- Explain how HIV affects perinatal viral hepatitis transmission care.
- Define CDCs recommendations for HBV and HCV prenatal testing.
- Define CDCs recommendations for HBV and HCV care and treatment during pregnancy and postpartum.
- Define CDCs testing recommendations for infants born to HBV or HCV positive persons.
- Define ACIP recommendations for post-exposure prophylaxis and vaccination of HBV.
- Describe strategies for implementation of prenatal and pediatric care recommendations for pregnant people living with hepatitis C and/or hepatitis B and their infants.
Featured Speaker: Stephen Eppes, MD - Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases for ChristianaCare Health System