HIV Screening in the Emergency Department Setting

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Infections

In brief

Late diagnosis of HIV infection is believed to be responsible for high rates of HIV transmission. The purpose of this study is to determine whether targeted screening versus routine screening will identify a greater number of HIV infected participants. This study will also compare the costs of the resources used for targeted screening versus routine screening.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00667186

Run by

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

People needed

9572

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-02-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult participants presenting for care in the ED

You may not qualify if…

• Participants cognitively unable or unwilling to consent for voluntary HIV counseling and testing

Where it is running

• University of Cincinnati Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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