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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Jun;41(6):403–406. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000139

TABLE 1.

Peer-Reviewed Studies (N = 17) Reporting the Effectiveness of Nontargeted HIV Screening in Emergency Departments Since 2006

Authors Year Setting* Consent
Method
External
Staff
Eligible
Patients, n
Offered
Testing
Patients
Tested
Confirmed
Positive



n % n % n %
Silva et al.19 2007 U, I OI Y 3030 NR 1428 47 8 0.56
Mehta et al.20 2007 U, A, I OI Y NR 2924 1428 8 0.56
Brown et al.21 2007 U, A, I OO Y 13,240 4187 32 2486 19 9 0.36
Walensky et al.22 2008 U, A OI Y 2356 1397 59 854 36 5 0.59
White et al.23 2009 U, A, I OI N 118,324 45,159 38 7923 7 55 0.69
Haukoos et al.24 2010 U, A, I OO N 28,043 NR 6933 25 15 0.22§
Sattin et al.25 2011 U, A, I OO Y 13,035 9343 72 8504 65 35 0.41
Wheatley et al.26 2011 U, A OO Y NR 8922 7616 129 1.7
White et al.27** 2011 U, A, I OO N 26,757 20,280 76 4679 18 21 0.45§
White et al.27** 2011 U, A, I OI N 23,236 6479 28 4053 17 8 0.20§
Hoxhaj et al.28 2011 U, A, I OO N 24,686 NR 14,093 57 80 0.57§
d’Almeida et al.29 2011 MI OI N 78,411 20,962 27 12,754 16 18 0.14§
Wilbur et al.30 2011 U, A, I OI Y 5794 1484 26 1121 19 5 0.45
Casalino et al.31 2012 MI OI N 183,957 11,401 6 7215 4 40 0.55§
Haukoos et al.32** 2012 U, A, I OO N 6842 6602 97 886 13 2 0.23§
Haukoos et al.32** 2012 U, A, I OI N 5985 5781 97 389 6 0 0
Hack et al.33 2013 U, A, P OI Y 2645 300 11 224 8 0 0
Haukoos et al.34 2013 U, A, I OI N 29,510 19,634 67 3591 12 7 0.20§
Lyons et al.35 2013 U, A, I OI Y NR 4692 1911 41 6 0.31§
Median 38 18 0.23§
Range 6–97 4–65 (0–0.57§)
*

Setting: U, urban; A, academic; I, level 1 trauma center; MI, multiple institutions; P, pediatric-only.

Consent method: OO, opt-out; OI, opt-in.

Eligibility varied by study.

Combined use of external staff and emergency department staff in a randomized manner.

§

Specifically indicates new HIV diagnoses.

Reports more complete results that overlap with a prior publication.36

**

Reported in the same study.

NR indicates not reported.