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Published in final edited form as: HIV Res Clin Pract. 2024 Sep 18;25(1):2403958. doi: 10.1080/25787489.2024.2403958

Table 4.

System Level Emergency Department HIV Testing Services

Pre-implementation (March 6 - April 16) n (%) Post-Implementation (Period 1: May 1 - June 26) n (%) p-value Post-Implementation (Period 2: Jun 27 - August 20) n (%) p-value
Facility-based HIV testing 585 1031 860
HIV Test Result
 Negative 560 (95.7) 977 (94.8) 0.453 816 (94.9) 0.703
 Positive 24 (4.1) 53 (5.1) 43 (5.0)
 Inconclusive 1 (0.2) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1)
Positive HIV Test Results
 Previously diagnosed 8 (33.3) 13 (24.5) 0.555 15 (34.9) 0.239
 New Diagnosis 16 (66.7) 40 (75.5) 28 (65.1)
New Diagnosis Linked to Care
 No (declined) 4 (25.0) 7 (17.5) 0.657 3 (10.7) 0.447
 No (deceased) 2 (12.5) 3 (7.5) 5 (17.9)
 Yes 10 (62.5) 30 (75.0) 20 (71.4)
New Eligible Diagnosis Linked to Care
 No (declined) 4 (28.6) 7 (18.9) 0.454 3 (13.0) 0.242
 Yes 10 (71.4) 30 (81.1) 20 (87.0)
Previous Diagnosis Linked to Care
 No (Already linked to care) 7 (87.5) 8 (61.5) 0.201 10 (66.7) 0.651
 No (Declined) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (13.3)
 Yes 1 (12.5) 5 (38.4) 3 (20.0)
Previous Diagnosis Linked to Care (Eligible)
 No (Declined) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) - 2 (40.0) 0.439
 Yes 1(100.0) 5 (100.0) 3 (60.0)
Provision of HIV Self-Test
HIV Self-Test Recipients 111 250 213
HIV Self-Test Follow-up Completed
 No 21 (18.92) 64 (25.6) <0.001 42 (19.7) <0.001
 Yes 0 (0.0) 186 (74.4) 171 (80.3)
 Missing 90 (81.09) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
HIV Self-Test Reported Use
 No - 10 (5.4) - 10 (5.9) -
 Yes - 176 (94.6) 161 (94.2)
HIV Self-Test Reported Result
 Non-reactive - 176 (100.0) - 159 (98.8) -
 Reactive - 0(0.0) 1(0.6)
 Inconclusive - 0(0.0) 1(0.6)