Adolescent Medicine Clinic More Than Quadrupled HIV Screening Rate By Offering Point-Of-Care Saliva Testing, Study Finds

Healio (5/8, Weldon) reports, “An adolescent medicine clinic more than quadrupled its HIV screening rate by offering point-of-care saliva testing, according to findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.” In the study, researchers “began their work by trying to determine why universal HIV screening rates are so low, and found reasons involving a fear of needles or blood draw, delayed results, and communicating test results.” This led to the adoption of the OraQuick screening, which returns accurate results in 20 minutes.