Areas were diagnosed HIV prevalence >2 in 1000b | All general practices, regardless of local HIV prevalence | |
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(A) HIV test offered to all adult patients newly registered to general practice | (B) HIV testing routinely offered to: | (C) HIV test offered to patients presenting with indicator diseases including:c |
1. Injecting drug users | 1. Bacterial pneumonia | |
2. People from countries of high HIV prevalence (>1%) | 2. Peripheral neuropathy | |
3. Severe/recalcitrant seborrhoeic dermatitis or psoriasis | ||
3. Men who have sex with men | ||
4. Sexual partners of HIV positive individuals | 4. Multidermatomal/recurrent herpes zoster | |
5. Oral candidiasis | ||
6. Chronic diarrhoea of unknown cause | ||
7. Weight loss of unknown cause | ||
8. Lymphadenopathy of unknown cause | ||
9. Sexually transmitted infections (other than HIV) | ||
10. Pyrexia of unknown origin |
↵a Adapted from UK National Guidelines for HIV Testing 2008.8
↵b Diagnosed HIV prevalence by primary care trust is available from the Health Protection Agency survey of prevalent HIV diagnoses (http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb...HPAwebStandard//HPAweb_C/1201767906579).
↵c Ten indicator diseases thought to be most relevant to general practice are listed. A full list is in the UK National Guidelines for HIV testing 2008.8