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CDC describes HIV testing among pregnant women.(US Centers for Disease Control)(Brief Article)
2002 DEC 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) review of studies on prenatal HIV testing in the U.S. and Canada found that high rates of testing can be achieved under several different approaches.
Testing rates of 85-98% were reported in areas with voluntary "opt-out" testing - routine HIV testing in which women are given the option to decline. Likewise, the two states with mandatory newborn testing laws demonstrated similar prenatal testing rates between 81-93%.
Voluntary "opt-in" testing - which offers women the option of adding an HIV test to their routine battery of tests - demonstrated a wide ...
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