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HIV testing in termination of pregnancy services
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MedWorm on 14 January, 2012 07:00:00
 
We report on the introduction of routine HIV testing in the TOP clinic at
Homerton Hospital, Hackney, London, an area with a prevalence of diagnosed HIV
infection of 0.8%3 and where 29.7/1000 women per year have a TOP. All women
attending for TOP between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2011 were offered HIV
serology and vulval swabs for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis.
Four thousand three hundred twenty-six women attended and 2308 (53%) accepted
HIV testing. A further 291 (7%) had an HIV test at the time... (Source: Sexually
Transmitted Infections)