The impact of nurse-driven targeted HIV screening in 8 emergency departments: study protocol for the DICI-VIH cluster-randomized two-period crossover trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2010, to reduce late HIV diagnosis, the French national health agency endorsed non-targeted HIV screening in health care settings. Despite these recommendations, non-targeted screening has not been implemented and only physician-directed diagnostic testing is currently performed. A survey conducted in 2010 in 29 French Emergency Departments (EDs) showed that non-targeted nurse-driven screening was feasible though only a few new HIV diagnoses were identified, predominantly among high-risk groups. A strategy targeting high-risk groups combined with current practice could be shown to be feasible, more efficient and cost-effective than current practice alone.

Methods/design

DICI-VIH (acronym for nurse-driven targeted HIV screening) is a multicentre, cluster-randomi

SUBMITTER: Leblanc J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4736610 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature