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17009937

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
Infection with HIV and subsequent development of AIDS is a pandemic. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS together with the WHO and many relevant funding bodies demand that those infected should be reliably identified so that people who need, or will need, therapy may be provided for over time. This means that there is a renewed interest in testing for HIV and in laboratories' performances and quality. Whatever the conditions under which testing is performed, and whatever the levels of training, the tests and their outcomes must exhibit equivalent, high standards of performance and reliable results. This is regardless of whether testing is conducted in the most sophisticated laboratories (either diagnostic or transfusion screening) to voluntary testing and counseling centers where those conducting testing may not be technically trained. This is not currently the case, especially in some places where HIV is most prevalent. To achieve uniformly high performance standards, quality assurance programs are imperative, but currently not sufficiently valued to be well supported with adequate funding or human resources. Accurate HIV testing is a cornerstone of blood safety, diagnosis of infection, patient management and surveillance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1744-8336
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
565-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
HIV testing in 2006: issues and methods.
pubmed:affiliation
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on HIV/AIDS, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. denison@nrl.gov.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review