| 1. HIV testing will start on Tuesday, May 27th in the Urgent Care Area 2. Hours of Monday through Thursday 10-5, and Friday 10-1pm 3. The ED provider, PA or MD, will ask their pt if they are interest in having HIV testing. There will be a formal script made up, for this brief questioning 4. If pt says no, then there is nothing further. 5. If pt says yes or maybe or they want more information, the provider will inform the HIV tester and the tester will approach the pt. 6. If the pt gets HIV testing, the tester will take the pt into the dirty utility room to swab their mouth, and the testing will begin in the dirty utility room. 7. The testing will take about 20-30 minutes to perform. 8. The tester will give the pt the results in a pt care room. 9. if the pt is negative, the tester will provide the pt with condoms (male and/or female) and literature 10. if the pt is positive, the tester will call their supervisor (a masters level social worker). The tech or the provider will draw blood work and send it to the lab. Depending upon the desires and needs of the pt, he/she will wait in the ED to speak with the social worker, or they will be escorted to the JM center, on 102nd and 5th avenue, 5th floor. 11. if the pt is not in a room (ie UC hall or asthma chairs) we will have paper version of the approaching question. This will be written in english and in spanish. if the pt says yes, they will be escorted into the next available room for further conversation with the tester. 12. if the pt has been tested and the ED provider is finished with the pt, they will let the tester know. The pt does not need to remain in the room waiting for the test results. They may sit in the waiting room. The pt will be called back into a room for post test counseling once the test is resulted. 13. If the pt was tested and has eloped, the tester will attempt to reach them by phone or telegram. 14. the testers will be seated in the UC area, on the far right desk area 15. the testing will be completed on June 30th 16. the HIV testing will not appear on the pts ibex chart, and the pt will NOT be billed for the preliminary or the confirmatory test. |
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HIV Testingposted May 23, 2008 6:47 AM by Phillip Andrus |