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 |