Many hospitals ignore CDC recommendation on HIV testing
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, November 26, 2008
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Two years ago, the CDC recommended routine HIV testing for everyone ages 13 to 64, whether or not the person was considered at risk.
However, most hospitals have not implemented routine HIV testing in their emergency departments, according to the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research in a November 20 briefing at a two-day Summit on HIV Testing in Washington.
Just over 1.1 million Americans are estimated to have HIV and 232,000 of them—or one in five—don’t know they have the disease, according to the CDC. Only 50 to 100 of the country’s 5,000 emergency departments routinely test for HIV in patients, found the Forum, an independent public-private partnership based at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. The CDC also recommends that every pregnant woman be tested so steps can be taken to protect her unborn baby. Forty percent are never tested.
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