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Objective: We identify undiagnosed HIV among adult emergency department (ED) patients awaiting medicine admission through rapid testing, expedite their redirection to the inpatient HIV service, and improve linkage to ambulatory HIV care. Methods: Two ED health educators offered rapid testing to patients aged 18 to 64 years from the high-acuity ED area from which most medicine admissions originate. Heath educators obtained consent, obtained fingerstick blood, and performed point-of-care testing. Patients with reactive results received counseling, confirmatory testing, and appointments at the affiliated HIV clinic.

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Author

Ronald J. Lubelchek; Karen A. Kroc; David L. Levine; Kathleen G. Beavis; Rebeca R. Roberts

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1097-6760)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)