St. Barnabas Hospital Screens 13,000+ Patients Per Year in Hospital-Wide HIV Testing Program скачать в хорошем качестве

St. Barnabas Hospital Screens 13,000+ Patients Per Year in Hospital-Wide HIV Testing Program

Located in Bronx, New York, St. Barnabas serves a community at the epicenter of the nation's HIV crisis. According to New York City estimates, as many as three of every 100 residents in the St. Barnabas neighborhood are infected with HIV. St. Barnabas is dedicated to not only caring for the sick but to ensuring the well stay healthy, too. Part of this commitment means helping community members learn their HIV status so HIV positive people can be connected to care and empowered to change their behavior to protect others. Born out of this commitment, the St. Barnabas hospital-wide routine HIV testing program was launched in April of 2008 and today has grown into one of the largest and most successful programs in the country. St. Barnabas leverages OraQuick ADVANCE® rapid oral fluid testing to quickly and easily test patients across the hospital including the Emergency, Ambulatory Care and Inpatient departments, among others. Since the launch of the routine program, St. Barnabas has increased the number of rapid tests in a year by nearly 10 fold -- from just 1,400 in 2007 to more than 13,000 in 2009.