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To: Findit who wrote (8209)	2/23/1998 9:48:00 PM
From: Keiko	Respond to of 14328

Careful Jim, This report is not slated to hit the Public Domain until Feb 27th. I have a good contact very close to cdc.gov. Watch for the article on that date....http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/mmwr.html

To: Findit who wrote (8209)	2/23/1998 10:21:00 PM
From: Keiko	Respond to of 14328

Heads UP ~~~ continuing ~~~~ "The anticipated influx of new rapid tests promises to have a dramatic impact in two different ways. First, the new tests will greatly increase access, making it much easier for people to learn their HIV status", says Dr. Branson. " By cutting down on the cost and the technological requirements of rapid tests, and by getting rid of the waiting time, HIV testing doesn't have to be clinic- based anymore" he says. " Now it can be done as street outreach ." "Indeed , one reason driving th CDC's turn-around on rapid tests was researchers frustration over the effects of a two- week waiting period. As it now stands, almost 30 % of US patients who get HIV testing never come back for their results , says Charles A . Schable, chief of the National Center for Infectious Disease at the CDC. Studies have found that the waiting period is too burdensome for clients who have a hard time taking off from work or finding child care ", Branson says . But when clients in a Dallas study were given the chance to learn their test results right away, they understood the provisional nature of positive results, and they also came back to get confirmation and more counseling, Branson says. The second arena in which new tests will make an impact relates to accuracy. Studies in Honduras and other sites abroad have shown that using two different rapid tests side by side provides for greater accuracy than using a single rapid test alone. Rapid tests could be used in the same fashion in the United States if there were more than one on the market, but without a new policy on the disclosure of results, that would never happen researchers now realize. ~~~ stay tuned.....next post we discuss all the POCTests