Rapid Point-of-care Testing for Hepatitis C in Community Clinics (RAPID-EC) Pilot Study

The OraQuick HCV point of care test involves the collection of oral fluid and provides an accurate result in approximately 20 minutes. The test involves a clinic nurse or community health worker providing pre-test counselling, then providing an oral swab to study participants, then reading the result and counselling the participant about their HCV antibody test result.

"The Cepheid Xpert HCV RNA test (Xpert® HCV Viral Load test) is a reverse transcriptase polymerase-based chain reaction amplification technology (RT-PCR) and provides an accurate HCV RNA load within 2 hours (105 minutes), using a serum sample.~This test will be performed for participants who have a positive OraQuick HCV antibody result."