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Expanded HIV Testing in the Emergency Department
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Title Expanded HIV Testing in the Emergency Department
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/9083?src=rss
Description As antiviral therapy revolutionized the prognosis for HIV infection, the paradigm for HIV testing has shifted from risk-based to routine, opt-out testing. Learn how your ED can be part of this effort. Medscape Emergency Medicine
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Date Apr 1, 2008
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