Effect of Opt-Out HIV Testing for Adolescent Patients on a Pediatric Hospital Medicine Service.

Sadler, Annie; Mukherjee, Gargi; Bryant, Jordan E; Cameron, Melissa; Francois, Sandy; Wynn, Bridget A; Popkin, Melissa; Thompson, Sarah; Yarahuan, Julia; Kandaswamy, Swaminathan; Orenstein, Evan; Camacho-Gonzalez, Andres; Griffiths, Mark; Middlebrooks, Lauren; Morris, Claudia R

doi:10.1542/hpeds.2025-008937

Effect of Opt-Out HIV Testing for Adolescent Patients on a Pediatric Hospital Medicine Service.

2026-06-12, Hospital pediatrics (10.1542/hpeds.2025-008937) (online)
Annie Sadler, Gargi Mukherjee, Jordan E Bryant, Melissa Cameron, Sandy Francois, Bridget A Wynn, Melissa Popkin, Sarah Thompson, Julia Yarahuan, Swaminathan Kandaswamy, Evan Orenstein, Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, Mark Griffiths, Lauren Middlebrooks, and Claudia R Morris (?)

In 2023, our emergency department, serving a region with one of the highest rates of new HIV infection, implemented Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-recommended universal, opt-out HIV screening for adolescents. However, few patients admitted to the pediatric hospital medicine service (PHM) were tested. To address this gap, we aimed to expand universal, opt-out HIV testing to PHM and evaluate screening implementation.

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Effect of Opt-Out HIV Testing for Adolescent Patients on a Pediatric Hospital Medicine Service.