Evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Recommendations Regarding Routine Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus by an Inpatient Service: Who Are We Missing?

Patients who tested HIV positive through inpatient testing have more advanced disease than those identified as outpatients. Half of these patients would not have been identified had testing not been routinely offered. Routine inpatient HIV testing offers an important opportunity to identify patients with HIV infection.