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April 27, 2024Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Missed Opportunities for HIV Confirmatory Testing Using an Institutional Testing Algorithm Without Reflex to HIV Nucleic Acid Testing

Lauryn E Caster Olivia R. Paetz Harlan Sayles Paul D. Fey Sara H Bares

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Abstract

At our medical center, HIV nucleic acid tests are recommended when the HIV antigen-antibody screening immunoassay and antibody differentiation tests are discordant, but not done reflexively. A retrospective chart review found that 35% of discordant test results did not have HIV nucleic acid test completed as recommended.

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Caster et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6d431b6db6435876520e1 https://doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000001985

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