Progress and Challenges in Opt-out HIV Testing

Progress and Challenges in Opt-out HIV Testing

Summary of the controversial recommendations

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended testing of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) for all people aged between 13 years to 64 years in all the healthcare settings for screening. They include:

• All patientsaged between 13-64 years should be screened in all healthcare settings. Theseincludepatients in clinic, hospitaladmissions, andemergencydepartments in which the screening yield has a likelihood of being 1 out of 1000 screenedpatients…