Routine HIV testing program in the University Infectious Diseases Centre in Lithuania: a four-year analysis.

Raimonda MatulionyteKęstutis ŽagminasEglė BalčiūnaitėElžbieta MatulytėRasutė PaulauskienėAlmina BajoriūnienėArvydas Ambrozaitis

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Routine HIV testing in admissions of infectious diseases is acceptable, feasible, sustainable and clinically effective. Compared to targeted testing, routine testing helped to discover more patients in earlier stages and those with heterosexually transmitted HIV infection.

Keyphrases

infectious diseases
hiv testing
men who have sex with men
clinical practice
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
human immunodeficiency virus
quality improvement
patient reported outcomes
drug delivery
hepatitis c virus