Opt-Out Panel Testing for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in an Urban Emergency Department: A Pilot Study

Studies suggest 2 per 1000 people in Dublin are living with HIV, the level above which universal screening is advised. We aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a universal opt-out HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C testing programme for Emergency Department patients and to describe the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2016-03, Vol.11 (3), p.e0150546-e0150546
Hauptverfasser:	O'Connell, Sarah, Lillis, Darren, Cotter, Aoife, O'Dea, Siobhan, Tuite, Helen, Fleming, Catherine, Crowley, Brendan, Fitzgerald, Ian, Dalby, Linda, Barry, Helen, Shields, Darragh, Norris, Suzanne, Plunkett, Patrick K, Bergin, Colm
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acceptability Adult Biology and Life Sciences Blood Clinical medicine Costs Cross-Sectional Studies Demographic aspects Demographics Diagnosis Drug therapy Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency Service, Hospital Feasibility studies Female Health screening Hepatitis Hepatitis B Hepatitis B - diagnosis Hepatitis B - epidemiology Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood Hepatitis C Hepatitis C - diagnosis Hepatitis C - epidemiology Hepatitis C Antibodies - blood Hepatology HIV HIV Antigens - blood HIV infections HIV Infections - diagnosis HIV Infections - epidemiology Hospitals Hospitals, Urban Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Infections Infectious diseases Ireland - epidemiology Male Mass Screening - methods Medical diagnosis Medical tests Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mortality Patients Pilot Projects Prevalence Public health Screening Viremia - diagnosis Viremia - epidemiology Viruses Young Adult
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