Table 1. Results of a 12 month routine HIV screening program with a rapid test after written inform consent in eligible patients at 6 university hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Paris area (2009–2011).

Centre	A	B	C	D	E	F	TOTAL
Persons examined at EDs	51111	44611	68234	42525	68511	36161	311153
Eligible persons	30284	24872	28182	28499	45178	26942	183957
Offered HIV testing	782	1085	1291	2537	2815	2891	11401
	(2.6%)	(4.4%)	(4.6%)	(8.9%)	(6.2%)	(10.7%)	(6.2%)
Accepting HIV testing	633	789	1032	1370	1955	2157	7936
	(80.9%)	(72.7%)	(79.9%)	(54.0%)	(69.4%)	(74.6%)	(69.6%)
Tested for HIV	617	567	988	983	1917	2143	7215
	(97.5%)	(71.9%)	(95.7%)	(71.8%)	(98.1%)	(99.4%)	(90.9%)
Rate tested for HIV among ED patients	2.0%	2.3%	3.5%	3.5%	4.2%	8.0%	3.9%
Positive rapid test	6	3	11	5	13	12	50
Positive test in previously unknown HIV-infected patients	5	3	9	5	11	11	44
Western-blot confirmatory test performed	5	3	9	4	10	10	41
	(100%)	(100%)	(100%)	(80.0%)	(91%)	(91%)	(93%)
Newly identified HIV infected patients	5	3	8	4	10	10	40
Rate of newly identified HIV-infected patients among tested eligible patients	0.81%	0.53%	0.81%	0.41%	0.52%	0.47%	0.55%
Linked to care	5	2	7	4	9	10	37
	(100%)	(67%°	(87%)	(100%)	(90%)	(100%)	(92.5%)
Not lost to follow-up at month 6	4	2	4	3	5	10	28
	(80%)	(100%)	(57%)	(75%°	(56%)	(100%)	(76%)