Routine HIV Testing?
Friday, December 1st, 2006The CDC announced new HIV guidelines recommending routine HIV testing for all patients (ages 13-64) in health care settings.
The proposal is, just as you’re tested for other routine tests at your annual physical, the HIV test would be included. One of the most startling statistics around HIV and AIDS is that a quarter of a million people in the U.S. are currently infected and don’t know it.
I think it’s a great idea! I personally went years without knowing my status. I wasn’t in any high risk group, except that I was a sexually active, single (meaning not married) female. That alone made me high risk. I am a registered nurse with over 10 years experience of working with AIDS patients. I work on a unit where AIDS is as common as Hypertension. And when it was my turn to get tested, (more…)