HIV Testing in the Emergency Department: Pretest Counseling or Pretest Education?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 380-

  Silverman, Morgan ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COUNSELING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33847027958     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.08.049     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Calderon Y., Haughey M., Bijur P.E., et al. An educational HIV pretest counseling video program for off-hours testing in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 48 (2006) 21-27
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Revised guidelines for HIV counseling, testing and referral and revised recommendations for HIV screening of pregnant women. MMWR 50 (2001) 1-58
3. th anniversary of U.S. AIDS epidemic. Available at: http://www.webmd.com/content/Article/121/114438.htm. Accessed August 8, 2006.