Abstract

The OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test (OraSure Technologies, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) can be done by trained personnel as a point-of-care test for HIV antibody in oral fluid. These characteristics obviate the need for blood drawing and the use of a central laboratory, and the rapid turnaround allows providers to give negative results to their patients during the same visit (ACC Mar 1 2003). However, reactive tests are considered preliminary and must be confirmed by standard HIV-antibody testing, which in most cases …

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