STI podcast: Routine HIV testing for acute medical admissions

29/01/2013 19 min
STI podcast: Routine HIV testing for acute medical admissions

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Episode Synopsis

The 2008 UK National Guidelines for HIV testing recommended HIV testing should be offered to all general medical admissions aged 16–60 years in high prevalence areas, and that this should be evaluated to ensure this was effective in diagnosing previously undiagnosed HIV. In this podcast, Gary Brook talks to Adrian Palfreeman, University Hospitals Leicester, about his evaluation in the city.