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HIV Testing in Emergency Departments: A Practical Guide
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Staffing: Possible Staff Roles

Who Will Staff HIV Testing in the ED: A Matrix of Possible Staff Roles

This matrix depicts how various kinds of staff can be deployed in the testing process. There are many options, and it is prudent to tap into a variety of sources to create the team.

  Registration
Staff		 Triage
Nurse		 ED Providers
(Nurse,
Physician)		 Counselors Laboratory Research
Department		 HIV Clinic/
Infectious
Disease

Offers test

 X X X X      

Obtains
informed consent

 brochure X X X      

Takes specimen

   X X X      

Runs test

   X X X X    

Delivers results

   X X X      

Administers
quality control

       X X    

Collects data for reporting

         X X X

Follow-up and
linkage to care

             X

 

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