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Bloody Serious Facts©- Hepatitis C Training
Event Information
About this Event
Bloody Serious Facts© is a hands-on workshop that was developed, is continuously updated and is run by healthcare professionals and people with lived experience of Hep C.
Suitable for AOD workers, nurses, NSP workers, community health, corrections workers or anyone who works with people who are at risk of or may be affected by Hepatitis C.
*Nurses earn 2.5 CPD points
All welcome.
The session takes 2.5 hours and covers :
Back to Basics of Hep C : Testing, Transmission, Diagnoses and Treatment-Everything you wanted to know about this amazingly resilient but treatable virus.
Treatments - Then and Now: Keeping up to date with the direct acting anti virals that are changing people's lives.
The Impact & Meaning of Being Hep C + : An insight into living with Hep C and the treatment journey by a person with lived experience.
A Practical Exercise : The not so obvious risks of transmission during the 'mixing up' and injecting process.
Location:
Aikenhead Building (GROUND FLOOR) at St Vincent's Hospital
Cnr Nicholson St and Victoria Pde, Fitzroy VIC
(The room number will be on your ticket)
Cost: $25.00 per person
Tickets available through Eventbrite or www.hrvic.org.au/bloody-serious-facts-hep-c-training