Rapid HIV testing program implementation: lessons from the emergency department
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Rapid HIV testing program implementation: lessons from the emergency department
BACKGROUND The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and the World Health Organization (WHO) both recommend HIV testing in health-care settings. However, neither organization provides prescriptive details regarding how these recommendations should be adapted into clinical practice in an emergency department. METHODS We have implemented an HIV-testing program in the ED...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0123-x