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. 2009 Feb;16(2):168-77.
doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00300.x. Epub 2008 Dec 6.

Nomenclature and definitions for emergency department human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing: report from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium

Michael S Lyons  1 , Christopher J Lindsell, Jason S Haukoos, Gregory Almond, Jeremy Brown, Yvette Calderon, Eileen Couture, Roland C Merchant, Douglas A E White, Richard E Rothman; National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium; Chris Aldridge, Gregory Almond, Gregory Andrade, Christian Arbelaez, Tom-meka Archinard, Steven I Aronin, Susan Barrera, Moses Bateganya, Joanna Bell-Merriam, Bob Bongiovanni, Kathleen Brady, Bernard Branson, Carol Brosgart, Jeremy Brown, Evan Cadoff, Yvette Calderon, Linda Chaille-Arnold, Ben Cheng, William Chiang, Brittney Copeland, Rosalyn L Cousar, Eileen Couture, Maggie Czarnogorski, Kit Delgado, Emily Erbelding, James Feldman, Osvaldo Garcia, Charlotte A Gaydos, Nancy Glick, Barbara Gripshover, Jason Haukoos, Alisa Hayes, James Heffelfinger, Laura Herrera, Amy Hilley, David Holtgrave, Brooke Hoots, Emily Hopkins, Debra Houry, Debra Howell, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Angela B Hutchinson, Blanca Jackson, Michael Jaker, Kerin Jones, Juliana Jung, Linda Kampe, Virginia Kan, Nancy Kass, Gabor D Kelen, Karen Kroc, Ann Kurth, Margaret A Lampe, Jason Leider, Michael Lemanski, Christopher J Lindsell, Michael Lyons, Sandra McGovern, Seth Mercer, Roland Merchant, Nancy Miertschin, Joan Miller, Patricia Mitchell, Sarah Nelson, Linda Onaga, David Paltiel, Sindy Paul, Harold Pollack, Stephen Raffanti, Liisa Randall, Richard Rothman, Akhter Sabreen, Jeffrey Sankoff, Vanessa Sasso, Nathaniel Bernard Saylor, Elissa Schechter, Barbara Schechtman, Steven Schrantz, Alicia Scribner, Judy Shahan, Daniel Skiest, Freya Spielberg, Irijah S Stennett, Patrick Sullivan, Cathalene Teahan, Susan Thompson, Gretchen Torres, Vicken Totten, Krystn Wagner, Rochelle Walensky, Michael Waxman, Andrea Weddle, Douglas White, Tom Widell, James A Wilde, Keith Wrenn, Juliet Yonek
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Nomenclature and definitions for emergency department human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing: report from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium

Michael S Lyons et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Feb.

Abstract

Early diagnosis of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through diagnostic testing and screening is a critical priority for individual and public health. Emergency departments (EDs) have an important role in this effort. As EDs gain experience in HIV testing, it is increasingly apparent that implementing testing is conceptually and operationally complex. A wide variety of HIV testing practice and research models have emerged, each reflecting adaptations to site-specific factors and the needs of local populations. The diversity and complexity inherent in nascent ED HIV testing practice and research are associated with the risk that findings will not be described according to a common lexicon. This article presents a comprehensive set of terms and definitions that can be used to describe ED-based HIV testing programs, developed by consensus opinion from the inaugural meeting of the National ED HIV Testing Consortium. These definitions are designed to facilitate discussion, increase comparability of future reports, and potentially accelerate wider implementation of ED HIV testing.

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Article organization. ED = emergency department; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.
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