December 2008 Cover
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An assessment of rapid HIV testing offered in emergency room settings found the OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test produced a high rate of false-positives.
Between February and October 2007, 849 adults who visited the emergency department at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital consented to rapid HIV testing. Of 39 patients with reactive results, 31 agreed to confirmatory testing and just five proved to be HIV-infected.
As a result of false-positive rates considerably higher than suggested by the test's manufacturer, researchers recommend the "addition of HIV RNA testing to the confirmation algorithm for rapid HIV screening tests in the United States."
from Reuters
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