Who Should Be Offered Routine Testing?

Who Should Be Offered Routine Testing?

• All pregnant women. Testing should take place as early as possible during pregnancy and then again during the third trimester. Rapid testing during labor is recommended for pregnant women with no HIV test on record.

• All patients between the ages of 13 and 64 at their regular health care visit, unless fewer than 1 in 1,000 patients in the population served by the care site have tested positive for HIV.

• All patients seeking sexually transmitted disease (STD) treatment or care at an STD clinic.

• All patients who have been diagnosed with TB (tuberculosis).

Who Should Seek Out Additional Testing?

• People at high risk of HIV - including injection drug users and their sexual partners, people who exchange sex for money and their sexual partners, and individuals who have had more than one sexual partner since their last HIV test - should be tested at least once a year.

• Everyone should receive an HIV test before beginning a sexual relationship with a new partner.