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USPSTF's Recommendations for HIV Screening Catch Up with CDC's
Updating recommendations that advocated HIV testing only for people at high risk, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now conforms with a 2006 CDC recommendation that everyone be screened.
Paul Sax, in his HIV and ID Observations blog, writes that unlike other screening tests, HIV testing "identifies a clinically silent, eventually deadly infection that is both treatable and can be spread to others." He speculates about the USPSTF's change of heart, and welcomes them, at last, to the club.
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HIV and ID Observations blog (Free)
USPSTF draft recommendation (Free)
Published in Physician's First Watch November 26, 2012
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- who pays for universal HIV testing
Mary B. Donovan, 26 Nov 2012 11:49 AM EST
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The first question my patients (30% Medicare only, 20% Virginia Medicaid, rest commercial or no insurance) ask is "Will my... [more] - HIV Screening
Stephen A Wilson, 26 Nov 2012 11:49 AM EST
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Yes, we should screen, but how often? Once does not seem enough for some, but is one too many for... [more]
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