HIV Testing in US Emergency Rooms Finds Few New Cases

The goal of rapid HIV testing in emergency rooms is to save lives and prevent the spread of HIV. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recommends routine HIV screening of patients admitted to hospital emergency rooms, unless the patient refuses or opts-out of the test. But, a study on the testing did not produce the results doctors expected.

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• HIV
• AIDS
• emergency room
• hospital
• health
• HIV rapid testing
• medicine
• Centers for Disease Control