38. GIVING HIV RESULTS. IS IT TIME TO CHANGE OUR THINKING?

Abstract

Sydney's Inner West has the second highest number of new HIV diagnosis in NSW. This paper describes a cross-sectional audit of 200 HIV tests performed by the Sexual Health Service. How many people returned in person specifically for their HIV results? What were the risk factors of those who attended for their result? Were those who returned for their result first-time patients or those having repeat tests? What procedures were followed for those with a positive result? Given the demands on staff to efficiently utilise their time, a more individually tailored approach to giving HIV results including giving results over the telephone, may be a better way to manage the increasing number of HIV tests being performed at an inner city sexual health service.