Screening for HIV in Health Care Settings: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians and HIV Medicine Association

this guidance statement to present the available evidence on screening for HIV in health care settings. Methods: This guidance statement is derived from an appraisal of available guidelines on screening for HIV. Authors searched the National Guideline Clearinghouse to identify guidelines on screen-ing for HIV in the United States and used the AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation) instrument to evaluate guide-lines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidance Statement 1: ACP recommends that clinicians adopt routine screening for HIV and encourage patients to be tested. Guidance Statement 2: ACP recommends that clinicians determine the need for repeat screening on an individual basis. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:125-131. www.annals.or