Open AccessBundled HIV and Hepatitis C Testing in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Ethan Cowan,
Herry Herman,
Sara Rahman,
Jennifer Zahn,
Jason Leider,
Yvette Calderon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the western journal of emergency medicine/western journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.811
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1936-9018
pISSN - 1936-900X
DOI - 10.5811/westjem.2018.8.37827
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , randomized controlled trial , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , emergency department , immunology , virus , psychiatry
An estimated 25% of the 1.2 million individuals living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the U.S. are co-infected with hepatitis C (HCV). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends HCV testing for high-risk groups. Our goal was to measure the impact of bundled HIV and HCV testing vs. HIV testing alone on test acceptance and identification of HCV and HIV.