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 …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: A clinical prediction tool, the Denver HIV Risk Score, was recently
developed to help identify patients with increased probability of undiagnosed HIV infection …

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 …

HIV screening in the emergency department (ED), including universal screening irrespective
of risk assessments, has shown strong promise in past studies, identifying many new cases …

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 …

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 …

Objective: Universal HIV screening is recommended but challenging to implement.
Selectively targeting those at risk is thought to miss cases, but previous studies are limited …

Context The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends routine
(nontargeted) opt-out HIV screening in health care settings, including emergency …

As the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the United States continues, it is
estimated that over 1 million individuals are infected, and approximately 250,000 remain …

Background The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends nontargeted opt-
out HIV screening in healthcare settings. Cost effectiveness is critical when considering …