ROUTINE HIV SCREENING PROGRAM: SOUTHSIDE

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Description:
  Routine HIV Screening Program: Southside provides routine, opt-out HIV screening for all patients at Southside Medical Care Services, a private, nonprofit federally qualified health center in Atlanta, Georgia. Implementation of routine, opt-out HIV screening includes developing a new organizational policy and standing order to offer HIV screening to all patients. Updating the existing electronic medical record (EMR) system with an HIV testing template that reminds providers to offer HIV tests is also included in the new policy. Staff are trained on HIV care and prevention, and are rewarded with a certificate and free lunch for achievements in routine HIV screening. At check-in, patients received an information sheet that explained routine, opt-out HIV screening. An alert in the EMR remind staff to notify patients of the opt-out policy. Unless the patient declines, HIV testing is conducted, and patients return to Southside within a week to learn results. Nursing staff send certified letters to patients who do not come in for results and make referrals to the local health department.
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Epidemiology Data Interpretation, Statistical Epidemics Epidemiological Monitoring HIV Public Health Surveillance Statistics Tables
• Keywords:
  DHP_HIV_Reports PRS Project HIV Compendium
• Series:
  Compendium of Evidence-Based Interventions and Best Practices for HIV Prevention
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP)
• Division:
  DHP - Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/149630/cdc_149630_DS1.pdf
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