Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test. Four hospitals rapidly tested 380 women at labor and delivery. A comparison of turnaround times showed that the median turnaround time at point-of-care hospitals was 45 min compared with over 3.5 h at the laboratory hospital (P < 0.0001). Point-of-care testing was feasible and accurate, permitting undiagnosed HIV-infected pregnant women to learn their HIV status quickly, and access intrapartum antiretroviral therapy to reduce vertical transmission.
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