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Guidebook <strong>for</strong> the Solid Organ Transplant Programme Chapter 4<br />

Appendix S (con’t)<br />

Recommended Follow-up Testing <strong>for</strong> Recipients Transplanted under Risk <strong>for</strong> Viral<br />

Mediated Disease Transmission<br />

NOTICE TO TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT MEDICAL TEAM:<br />

The following protocol has been approved by the BC Transplant Medical Advisory Committee<br />

(MAC) as a course of action <strong>for</strong> follow-up of recipients transplanted at risk <strong>for</strong> HIV and/or Hepatitis:<br />

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT RECIPIENTS ARE RETESTED FOR HIV, HEPATITIS B AND<br />

HEPATITIS C at:<br />

• 4 weeks<br />

• 8 weeks<br />

• 6 months<br />

• 1 year<br />

Recommended Test Methods**:<br />

HIV - Conventional antibody testing<br />

HBV - HBsAg and HBcIgM<br />

HCV - Conventional antibody testing<br />

**NOTE: If there is clinical or epidemiological evidence to suggest a patient may have become<br />

infected with any of these viruses and antibody tests are negative, then PCR testing should be<br />

discussed with the medical team.<br />

Chapter 4 – <strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Liver</strong> <strong>Transplantation</strong> – July, 2010 Page 66<br />

See Page 1 <strong>for</strong> disclaimer

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