Two Approaches to Routine HIV Testing in a Hospital Emergency Department

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Infections

In brief

This study was initially designed to compare the effectiveness of two different approaches to providing routine HIV counseling, testing, and referral services in an urban hospital emergency department setting. The initial phase was closed in July 2008. The second phase of this trial consists of establishing the differences in acceptability of HIV testing based on the method of testing offered (rapid oral fluid vs. fingerstick).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01258582

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

1651

Starts

2009-05-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-06-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Waiting to receive care in the Brigham and Women's Hospital emergency room
• English- or Spanish-speaking
• Enters the emergency room when an HIV counselor is available

You may not qualify if…

• An estimated severity index score of 1 or 2 who have mechanical ventilation or are not deemed alert, awake, and oriented to person, place and time by the triage nurse
• HIV infected

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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