An audit on HIV antibody test uptake amongst GUM clinic attendees in the West Midland region

Das, Satyajit MRCP
Huengsberg, Mia MD FRCOG
Natin, Dan MRCPI FRCP
Walzman, Mike MD FRCOG

¹Department of GU Medicine, Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust, Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FH, UK
²Department of GU Medicine, Whittall Street Clinic, Birmingham B4 6DH, UK
³Department of GU Medicine, Jephson Centre, Warwick Hospital, Lakin Road, Warwick CV34 5BW, UK
⁴Department of GU Medicine, Shepperton House, George Elliot Hospital, College Street, Nuneaton CV10 7DJ, UK

Correspondence to: Dr Satyajit Das. E-mail: [email protected]

(Accepted 11 November 2003)

International Journal of STD & AIDS 15(8):p 558-559, August 2004.

Summary

We audited the practice of offering, and the uptake of, an HIV antibody test amongst genitourinary medicine clinic patients in the West Midlands region. There were wide variations in the offering (from 14 to 100%) and uptake (18 to 64%) of the test in the different clinics within the same region.