Abstracts tagged "Hepatitis C and hepatitis"

Abstract Number: 2036 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Rheumatologists’ Compliance with Screening for Viral Hepatitis B and C Prior to Initiation of Methotrexate Treatment Needs Quality Improvement
Farheen Jaffari¹, Andras Perl² and Fatme Allam³, ¹Rheumatology, SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY, ²Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: The risk of viral hepatitis reactivation in patients undergoing immunomodulating therapy is being increasingly recognized. The American College of Rheumatology guidelines recommends screening for…