Effect of national HIV testing recommendations and local interventions on HIV testing practices in a Swiss university hospital: a retrospective analysis between 2012 and 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite HIV testing recommendations published by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) since 2007, many individuals living with HIV are diagnosed late in Switzerland. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the 2013 FOPH HIV testing recommendations on HIV testing rates.

Setting

Ten clinical services at Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Participants

Patients attending between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2015.

Design

Retrospective analysis using two existing hospital databases. HIV testing rates calculated as the percentage of tests performed (from the Immunology Service database) per number of patients seen (from the central hospital database).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was t

SUBMITTER: Lazzarino T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194398 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature