Course # DL-004: VIRAL HEPATITIS: CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
by Les Revier, BS, MBA, CLS, C(ASCP), Senior Manager, UCSD Medical Center (Retired)
Helen M. Sowers, MS, CLS, Dept. of Biological Sciences (Retired), CSU East Bay
Approved for 2.0 CE/Contact Hours
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
CAMLT is approved by the California Department of Health Services as a CA CLS Accrediting Agency (#0021) and this course is approved by ASCLS for the P.A.C.E.® Program (#519)
Notification of Distance Learning Deadline
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If you fail, you must submit new payment and obtain a new PayPal receipt each time you take the test. A certificate will be issued only if you have paid for re-taking the course and you pass the test.
If you want to submit your registration and quiz via fax or mail you should print the Adobe Acrobat version of the course which includes the required Registration/Quiz form.
QUICK LINKS
Acrobat Version of Course (PDF) Online Registration – Pay – Quiz
Completion of this course requires downloading the Acrobat Version (link above). You may then print a copy or view the downloaded file on your computer to see the course material. Only the Objectives and Introduction appear below.
INTRODUCTION:
Hepatitis has been known since ancient times. Hippocrates characterized its signs, including jaundice. It was recognized as a disease affecting the liver, causing the skin to turn yellow. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, usually producing swelling and, in many cases, permanent damage to liver tissues. By the eighth century some cases were found to be infectious. Epidemics of jaundice have been reported since the 5th century BC, with major epidemics documented in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Epidemics were so frequent among armies that the disease was termed campaign jaundice. In the 19th century the cause was thought to be obstruction of the common bile duct by a mucus plug and was called acute catarrhal jaundice. However growing evidence for the infectious nature of the disease culminated in 1923 when Blumer concluded that infectious hepatitis was the epidemic form of catarrhal jaundice.
OBJECTIVES:
After completing this course the participant will be able to:
- List the viral causes of hepatitis.
- Summarize the history of the hepatitis viruses.
- Describe the extent of the toll of the viral hepatitides world-wide and in the U.S.
- Outline the causative agents, transmission, symptoms, sequelae, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the five viral hepatitides.
- Discuss the laboratory testing for each type of hepatitis.
Acrobat Version of Course (PDF) Online Registration – Pay – Quiz