Table 1

Women for whom anti-HCV testing should be performed in pregnancy

• Women with history of exposure to blood products
• Women with history of intravenous drug abuse
• Patients and staff members involved in chronic dialysis programmes
• Women with HIV or HBV infection
• Sexual partners of people with HIV, HBV or HCV infection
• Women with history of body piercing and tattooing
• Recipients of organ transplants before 1992
• Women with unexplained hypertransaminasaemia
• Participants in in vitro fertilisation programmes from anonymous donors
  • HCV, Hepatitis c virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus.