ROUTINE UNIVERSAL SCREENING FOR HIV (RUSH) PROGRAM

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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:
  The Routine Universal Screening for HIV (RUSH) program provides non-medical case management services, opt-out HIV testing, and linkage to care for hospital emergency department (ED) patients. The program entails automatically adding HIV screening for any patient aged 16 years or older, having an IV inserted, or having blood drawn for other reasons, unless the patient opts out. Service linkage workers (SLWs) work closely with physicians to deliver HIV test results to patients and provide linkage to HIV medical care and social services. SLWs attempt to contact all ED patients who test positive for HIV, regardless of whether the SLW believes the patient is newly diagnosed or was previously diagnosed with HIV infection. Linkage services are tailored to the patient’s needs, but most often include posttest counseling, transportation assistance, appointment scheduling, and help with applications for medical care, Ryan White assistance, and HIV drug assistance. SLWs retain a patient in their caseload until the patient is linked or relinked to care. After completion of an outpatient visit with a provider with antiretroviral prescribing privileges, a patient is transferred to a SLW based at a local HIV clinic.
• 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
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