• Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · May 2024

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    Communicable Disease Screening and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention in the Emergency Department.

    • WhiteDouglas A EDAEDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System, Wilma Chan Highland Hospital, 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602, USA. Electronic address: dwhite@alamedahealthsystem.org. and Rachel E Solnick.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System, Wilma Chan Highland Hospital, 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602, USA. Electronic address: dwhite@alamedahealthsystem.org.
    • Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2024 May 1; 42 (2): 369389369-389.

    AbstractEmergency departments (ED) provide care to populations with high rates of communicable diseases, like HIV, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis. For many patients, the ED is their sole entry point into the healthcare system and they do not routinely access screening and prevention services elsewhere. As such, the ED can serve an important public health role through communicable disease identification, treatment, and prevention. In this article, we examine national recommendations, peer-reviewed literature, and expert consensus to provide cutting edge strategies for implementing communicable infectious disease screening and prevention programs into routine ED care.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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