HIV/AIDS Diagnostics
Rapid HIV-antibody tests should be preferred method for source-patient testing after occupational exposure
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 18th, 2005
In a recent report published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, researchers in the United States conducted a study to "describe the usefulness of the OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test (OraSure Technologies, Bethlehem, PA) in cases of occupational exposure regarding its use with source-patient sera, effects on postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) use, potential cost savings, and effects on healthcare worker (HCW) stress reaction symptoms."
"All source-patients and HCWs" at a 269-bed, tertiary-care medical...
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