for Health Care Providers
HIV Testing
VA Policies and Reports
- HIV Testing Rates in VHA: CY 2009-2011 | CY 2010 | CY 2009
Reviews the current scientific and policy issues related to HIV testing and presents data on rates of testing across the VA - Informed Consent for Clinical Treatments and Procedures
Handbook 1004.01, August 14, 2009 - Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Veterans Health Administration Facilities
Directive 2009-036, August 14, 2009 - CDC's Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing
Note to Field Staff, September 22, 2006 - Consent for HIV Testing for Patients who Lack Decision-Making Ability
Directive 2002-048, September 6, 2002
Guidelines
- Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings
CDC, September 21, 2006
Manual Chapters
- HIV Testing of VA Patients
Includes VA policy on confidential testing, informed consent, partner notification, and referral guidance. (VA HIV Prevention Manual) - Confidentiality and the VA Health Care System
Includes VA regulations on confidentiality and release of patient records, and ways to protect patient confidentiality. (VA HIV Prevention Manual)
Journal Articles
- Frequency of HIV Screening in the Veterans Health Administration: Implications for Early Diagnosis of HIV Infection
Valdiserri RO, et al. AIDS Educ Prev. 2008 Jun;20(3):258-64. - State of the art for diagnosis of HIV infection
Branson BM. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 15;45 Suppl 4:S221-5.
Related Resources
- HIV Testing in the United States
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, policy fact sheet - HIVtest.org
Web resource that includes an HIV testing site locator, information on HIV testing and referral, and resources for people who test positive. - Rapid Testing
CDC documents on rapid testing for HIV. - HIV InSite Online Textbook
Chapters from the on-line textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.- HIV Antibody Assays
Focuses on antibody detection, the most widely used and most effective way to identify HIV infection.
- Nucleic Acid-Based HIV-1 Viral Load Assays
Describes the three most widely used commercial assays, with attention to aspects of each assay that may favor its use in different clinical situations.
- How to Tell Patients They Do (or Do Not) Have HIV
Offers practical advice to clinicians for helping patients understand a diagnosis of HIV.
- HIV Antibody Assays
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