1536Seek and Ye Shall Find: Successful Implementation of Hospital Laboratory-based 4th Generation HIV Screening
نویسندگان
چکیده
Laboratory-based 4th Generation HIV Screening Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH; Norman Brown, MD, MBA; Sharon Kennedy-Dews, MA; David Reagin, MD; Infectious Diseases, United Medical Center, Washington, DC; Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC; Emergency Department, United Medical Center, Washington, DC; United Medical Center, Washington, DC; Laboratory Services, United Medical Center, Washington, DC
منابع مشابه
Contamination with HIV antibody may be responsible for false positive results in specimens tested on automated platforms running HIV 4th generation assays in a region of high HIV prevalence
INTRODUCTION In South Africa where the prevalence of HIV infection is very high, 4th generation HIV antibody/p24 antigen combo immunoassays are the tests of choice for laboratory based screening. Testing is usually performed in clinical pathology laboratories on automated analysers. To investigate the cause of false positive results on 4th generation HIV testing platforms in public sector labor...
متن کاملComparative Performance of Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay and EIA for HIV Screening in a Multiethnic Region of China
BACKGROUND The recent approval of 4th generation HIV tests has forced many laboratories to decide whether to shift from 3rd to these tests. There are limited published studies on the comparative evaluation of these two different assays. We compare the performance of fourth-generation electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ChIA) and third-generation enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (EIA) for hum...
متن کاملProgrammatic Evaluation of a Combined Antigen and Antibody Test for Rapid HIV Diagnosis in a Community and Sexual Health Clinic Screening Programme
BACKGROUND A substantial proportion of HIV-infected individuals in the UK are unaware of their status and late presentations continue, especially in low prevalence areas. Fourth generation antigen/antibody rapid test kits could facilitate earlier diagnosis of HIV in non-clinical settings but lack data on performance under programmatic conditions. METHODS AND FINDINGS We evaluated the performa...
متن کاملScreening of Extended Spectrum Beta lactamase Producing Gram Negative Bacilli Isolated from Clinical Cases
Abstract Background and objectives: (ESBL) strain is one of the emerging health related problems in the world recently. Some of the species of the gram-negative bacilli including Klebsiella Pneumonia & Escherichia Coli are well known ESBL producing among bacteria, and they cause uncontrollable infections. This Cross-sectional study was designed to asses the ESBL producing gra...
متن کاملThe characteristics of screening and confirmatory test results for HIV in Xi’an, China
OBJECTIVES Individuals with recent or acute HIV infection are more infectious than those with established infection. Our objective was to analyze the characteristics of detection among HIV infections in Xi'an. METHODS A 4th-generation kit (Architect HIV Ag/Ab Combo) and three 3rd-generationEIA kits (WanTai, XinChuang and Livzon) were used for HIV screening. Overall, 665 individuals were ident...
متن کامل