Objective: To perform a systematic review of the emergency medicine literature to assess the
appropriateness of offering routine HIV screening to patients in the emergency department …

Importance The National HIV Strategic Plan for the US recommends HIV screening in
emergency departments (EDs). The most effective approach to ED-based HIV screening …

OBJECTIVES: In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published
recommendations for HIV testing in health care settings, calling for nontargeted opt-out rapid …

OBJECTIVE: We describe barriers to, and discuss recommendations for, implementing a
limited emergency department (ED)-based HIV screening program. METHODS: A pilot …

The HIV epidemic is approaching 25 years. Specific numbers remain sobering, for more
than a million people in the United States alone are living with HIV/AIDS. 1, 2 Of these, an …

Abstract Objectives The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends routine
opt-out HIV screening in health care settings. Our goal was to evaluate the feasibility and …

OBJECTIVES: We characterize HIV testing practices and programs in US emergency
departments (EDs) in 2009. METHODS: A national Web-based survey of members of the …

Background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published
recommendations for routine, voluntary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing of …

OBJECTIVE: We compare rates of rapid HIV testing, test offer, and acceptance in an urban
emergency department (ED) when conducted by dedicated HIV counselors versus current …

ABSTRACT In 2016 worldwide, 1.8 million people were newly infected with HIV. About 36.7
million had HIV but 14 million were unaware, did not seek treatment and were likely to infect …