Is the addition of a standard HIV educational comment to virology laboratory reports effective in changing requesting behaviour?

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-87

  Tong, C Y William ^a   O'Shea, Siobhan ^a   Palmer, Sara ^a   Peck, Jess ^b   Ruf, Murad ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Lambeth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glandular fever; HIV; Laboratory reports; Primary care; Standard comments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 83355166826     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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