Guidelines for Designing Rapid Assessment Surveys of HIV Seroprevalence Among Hospitalized Patients

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• Personal Author:
  Schwartländer, B ; Janssen, R S ; Satten, G A ; Critchley, S E ; Petersen, L R ; Dondero, T J
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed guidelines for determining HIV seroprevalence among patients seeking medical care at acute-care hospitals. The guidelines enable hospital staff members to perform a simple, rapid, and inexpensive survey to determine seroprevalence among the patient population, protecting the anonymity of those who are tested. The guidelines are based on national experience with large-scale anonymous, unlinked HIV serosurveys. The data from a rapid assessment survey are particularly useful for evaluating the need to provide routine, voluntary HIV counseling and testing and treatment for HIV infection. Beyond that, such data can be used in targeting education efforts, in reinforcing the use of appropriate universal precautions, in resource allocation, and in determining the need for further studies of HIV infection among the population in the hospital catchment area. 1994 Jan-Feb
• Subjects:
  • AIDS Serodiagnosis/standards
  • Female
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • HIV Seropositivity/diagnosis
  • HIV Seroprevalence
  • Hospitals/standards
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Population Surveillance/methods
  • Risk Management
  More +
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 1994 Jan-Feb;109(1):53-9.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7363/cdc_7363_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.25 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
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