Abstract Background Blood‐borne viruses (BBVs) cause significant morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Emergency departments (EDs) offer a point of contact for groups at increased …

Objectives To quantify the extent to which guideline recommendations for routine testing for
HIV are adhered to outside of genitourinary medicine (GUM), sexual health (SH) and …

Improved methods for targeting HIV testing among patients most likely to be infected are
required; HIDES I aimed to define the methodology of a European wide study of HIV …

Study question What is the effect of default test offers—opt-in, opt-out, and active choice—on
the likelihood of acceptance of an HIV test among patients receiving care in an emergency …

Introduction Experiences of discrimination and bias in healthcare contribute to health
disparities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer populations. To avoid …

Testing for HIV is one of the cornerstones in the fight against HIV spread. The 2014
European Guideline on HIV Testing provides advice on testing for HIV infection in …

Background It is cost-effective to perform an HIV test in people with specific indicator
conditions (IC) with an undiagnosed HIV prevalence of at least 0.1%. Our aim was to …

Objectives Routine HIV screening is recommended in those UK hospitals and primary care
settings where the HIV prevalence is> 0.2%. For hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus …

Objectives Studies suggest 2 per 1000 people in Dublin are living with HIV, the level above
which universal screening is advised. We aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of …

European guidelines recommend the routine offer of an HIV test in patients with a number of
AIDS-defining and non-AIDS conditions believed to share an association with HIV; so called …