Analysis of HIV infection status among outpatients of a general hospital in Yangzhou / 国际检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the distribution characteristics of HIV infection status among the outpatients in this hospi-tal to provide the beneficial supplement for local large-scale survey and the basis especially for the hospital infection control.Meth-ods The HIV screening situation on the outpatients of our hospital from 2007 to 2012 was retrospectively analyzed.Results Dur-ing these 6 years,108 999 specimens were detected,88 cases were positive in the preliminary screening and 81 cases were confirmed positive.The positive rate of anti-HIV antibody was 0.074%.In addition to voluntary counseling and testing,the specimens submit-ted by the outpatient anorectal department and the inpatient hematology department had the higher positive detection rate,which was 1.16% and 0.84% respectively.Conclusion The HIV infection rate in non-infectious disease specialized hospitals shows the increasing trend.The key departments must increase the intensity of the medical staff training,pay attention to early diagnosis of HIV/AIDS,prevent the hospital infection and reduce the risk occurred after the occupation exposure.