Routine HIV testing in the emergency department: Tough lessons in sustainability

HIV Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages 6-9

  Rayment, M ^a   Rae, C ^a   Ghooloo, F ^a   Doku, E ^b   Hardie, J ^a   Finlay, S ^a   Gidwani, S ^a   Atkins, M ^c   Roberts, P ^a   Sullivan, Ak ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Emergency Department; Feasibility; HIV testing; Non specialist settings; Sustainability methodology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EMERGENCY WARD; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCEPTABILITY; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; FEASIBILITY; HIV TESTING; NON-SPECIALIST SETTINGS; SUSTAINABILITY METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883404895     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12069     Document Type: Article

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