Voluntary Counseling and Testing by Nurse Counselors: What Is the Role of Routine Repeated Testing after a Negative Result?

Voluntary Counseling and Testing by Nurse Counselors: What Is the Role of Routine Repeated Testing after a Negative Result?

Three hundred eighty-eight human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative clients in Zimbabwe were retested at 3 months using 2 parallel rapid tests. One operator error (risk, 0.26%; 95% confidence interval, 0.0065%-1.4%) and no "true" seroconversions (upper 95% confidence limit, 0.96%) were...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 569 - 571
Main Authors: Matambo, Ronnie, Dauya, Ethel, Mutswanga, Junior, Makanza, Eve, Chandiwana, Steven, Mason, Peter R., Butterworth, Anthony E., Corbett, Elizabeth L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 15-02-2006
University of Chicago Press
Oxford University Press
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adult
AIDS
AIDS Serodiagnosis
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical research
Breastfeeding & lactation
Confidence intervals
Counseling
Errors
False Negative Reactions
Female
Health Behavior
HIV
HIV infections
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - therapy
HIV Seropositivity - diagnosis
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nurses
Occupational health
Risk analysis
Risk Assessment
Risk-Taking
School counseling
Sex therapy
Sexual behavior
Specimens
Testing
Tests
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Infection
Health care staff
Negative result
Nurse
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Summary:Three hundred eighty-eight human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative clients in Zimbabwe were retested at 3 months using 2 parallel rapid tests. One operator error (risk, 0.26%; 95% confidence interval, 0.0065%-1.4%) and no "true" seroconversions (upper 95% confidence limit, 0.96%) were detected. High-risk behavior was not significantly reduced. Policies recommending routine retesting need to be reconsidered.
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ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/499954