The Oraquick In-Home HIV Test System

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50,000 people are infected with HIV each year. In 2010, the most recent year for which this information is available, there were around 47,500 new HIV infections in the United States (p. 1). The population of people with HIV is diverse due to the fact that it does not discriminate. Men and women of any age,

The human immunodeficiency virus is a serious infectious disease that can lead to death if left untreated. There are several factors that affect the prognosis of people infected with HIV and that includes the individual’s age, CD4 cell count, the amount of HIV in the blood, other health conditions, and etc. (Rubenstein, & Sorrentino, 2008). People who are HIV positive could possibly spread the virus through sexual intercourse, sharing needles, and also women can transmit the virus to her unborn child. Doctors often work with patients who are HIV positive and develop a treatment plan that best

Just as clearly, experience shows that the right approaches, applied quickly enough with courage and resolve, can and do result in lower HIV infection rates and less suffering for those affected by the epidemic. An ever-growing AIDS epidemic is not inevitable; yet, unless action against the epidemic is scaled up drastically, the damage already done will seem minor compared with what lies ahead. This may sound dramatic, but it is hard to play down the effects of a disease that stands to kill more than half of the young adults in the countries where it has its firmest hold—most of them before they finish the work of caring for their children or providing for their elderly parents. Already, 18.8 million people around the world have died of AIDS, 3.8 million of them children. Nearly twice that many—34.3 million—are now living with HIV, the virus [9].

It is important to also note that the staff does not discriminate based on race, sex or gender. Their mission is to offer many services to individuals within the community to create a “stigma free” community. There are numerous services that are offered by S.A.A.F. S.A.A.F. offers HIV testing services on a community and individual level; those include community presentations, prevention programs, peer counselors and even weekly support groups for HIV/AIDS patients or their families to attend. S.A.A.F Services also include Case management, Complementary therapies, medication assistance and access to substance abuse treatment7. As a way to target the part of the HIV/AIDS population who cannot provide these services for themselves. S.A.A.F offers transportation, food assistance, and housing assistance to those who are

Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), (2005). Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5409.pdf

Similarly, patients that are tested positive for HCV or HIV antibodies should also have the viral load testing performed, a high viral load is a possibility of a high chance of transmission. In addition, the injured nurse should be administered post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) while awaiting the results of the test. However for HIV, a rapid HIV antibody test such as OraQuick should be done before administering a PEP for HIV due to the potential toxicity of this treatment. This test can be used as a guide in the treatment of

Although a HIV viral suppression of less than 200 copies/mL of blood is not the gold standard at most sites. the rate is measured via the same definition across HHS agencies and programs. This includes HRSA and its HAB (2015) under which the RWHAP Part C falls, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and CMS through “Medicaid, Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System, Physician Feedback/Quality and Resource Use Reports, [and a] Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier” (National Quality Forum [NQF], n.d.). All 360 RWHAP Part C sites report their HIV viral suppression rates using the endorsed NQF (2013) indicator described in table one below.

Among the youngest population of people aged 15-24, the incidence of HIV/AIDS is rising and is becoming a country’ concern. At this time 22% of registered and diagnosed HIV cases in Bolivia are within the mentioned people range.

INTRODUCTION 13-24-year-old age group (adolescent and young) is one of the highest risk age group for the new HIV infection acquisition in the United States. From 2008 through 2012, the new HIV infection and diagnosis has been increased in this age group, and in 2012, the highest rate of new HIV

Even though HIV has impacted the developed world, it has specifically targeted our impoverished communities and has decreased life expectancy in these areas to be an average of 20 years old. In addition, this chapter presents critical historical information and statistics to identify the origins of these diseases and the genuine numbers associated with it. This paper will explore HIV and AIDS as a disease. The first chapter will discuss the history associated with HIV and AIDS. The second chapter will explain the process of HIV and AIDS which includes the stages, symptoms and contraction. The third chapter explains the misconceptions and stereotypes of HIV and AIDS. The fourth chapter explores women and children with HIV and AIDS. Finally, the fifth chapter discusses the medical interventions and future at risk

Introduction Over the last three decades, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease (AIDS) epidemic has been a public health concern in the United States (US) and globally. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], (2015d) estimates that in the US, over 1.2 million people are living with HIV,

The treatment of ARV medication in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS is one that is the most commonly used. The goal of the ARV therapy (ART) is to constantly suppress the replication of HIV cells in the body, in order for the person to live a maintainable healthy life. An adolescent is a person who is in the current development from a child to an adult. In this stage of development adolescents are described as being in a stage of mental, physical, and emotional maturation. Some problems they are faced with are; risk taking, an increased amount of sexual relationships, recreational drug use, alcohol, behavioral experimentation and identity formation. (Kim, Gerver, Fidler, & Ward, 2014). Thus adolescents are by nature still ‘finding their feet’ and still developing their maturity, this increases the influence of external factors that affects their ART and therefore increases the adherence in the consumption of their ARV’s.

Challenges of Children with HIV Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is widely recognized as a biological and medical problem for individuals that have this illness, but the psychosocial aspects of this disease also creates serious issues for these individuals. The population of American children and adolescents living with HIV face a range

Normally in gerontology research, older adults are defined as an individual over the age of 65, but in HIV research, older adults are defined as being aged 50 and older. The change in definition of older adults is mainly due to the occurrence of premature aging in the individuals with HIV (Deeks & Phillips, 2009). The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has increased life expectancy of the individuals infected by HIV/AIDS. The use of HAART has transferred from the fatal disease category to chronic disease (Huang, 2013). Nowadays individuals with HIV/AIDS who are under treatment are aging.

Method: To run the test, a whole blood (finger stick or venous whole blood) or plasma specimen (a sample loop of approximately 10 µL) is mixed with pre-measured buffer in a DPP® SampleTainer® Bottle for 10 seconds. Two drops of the sample-buffer mixture are placed into Sample+Buffer Well #1 of the test device. The sample migrates along a nitrocellulose-coated strip to the test and control areas of a second strip, where specific HIV and T. Pallidum antigens (test areas) and non-specific IgG capture proteins (control area) are immobilized. Five minutes later, the sample migration is complete and soluble colored dyes on the test and control lines are washed away, indicating successful sample addition. HIV and/or treponemal antibodies, if present in the sample, bind to the immobilized HIV and treponemal antigens on the test lines, and non-specific IgG in the sample binds to the control line.