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. 2012 Oct 2;7(10):e46437. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046437

Table 3. Summary of studies reporting non targeted HIV screening program in emergency departments, using rapid test since 2006.

First author orSource Publicationyear Dedicatedstaff Consentapproach Numbereligible Numbertested Screeningrate Prevalencerate
MMWR NY 2007 No Opt-in 72,948 1,288 0.018 0.015
MMWR La 2007 No Opt-in 47,736 1,700 0.036 0.008
MMWR OAK 2007 Yes Opt-in 66,731 6,368 0.095 0.010
Brown 2007 Yes Opt-out 13,240 2,486 0.188 0.004
Lyss 2007 Yes Opt-in 4,849 2,824 0.582 0.012
Silva 2007 Yes Opt-in 3,030 1,428 0.471 0.006
Walenski 2008 Yes Opt-in 2,356 854 0.362 0.006
White 2009 No Opt-in 11,8324 7,923 0.067 0.007
Haukoos 2010 No Opt-out 28,043 6,933 0.247 0.002
Torres (F) 2011 No Opt-in 52,542 3,623 0.069 0.009
Torres (C) 2011 Yes Opt-in 27,913 1,300 0.047 0.008
White 2011 Yes Opt-in 23,236 4,053 0.174 0.002
White 2011 Yes Opt-out 26,757 4,679 0.175 0.004
Sattin 2011 Yes Opt-out 13,035 8,504 0.652 0.004
D’Almeida 2012 Yes Opt-in 78,411 12,754 0.163 0.001
Combined results of the studies
No dedicated staff, opt-in No Opt-in 291,550 14,534 0.050
Dedicated staff, opt-in Yes Opt-in 206,526 29,581 0.143
No dedicated staff, opt-out No Opt-out 28,043 6,933 0.247
Dedicated staff, opt-out Yes Opt-out 53,032 15,669 0.295