Society guideline links: HIV screening and diagnostic testing

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Sexually transmitted infections".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Health care for lesbian, gay, and other sexual minority populations".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery, and monitoring – Recommendations for a public health approach, update (2021)

●WHO: Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services (2019)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Human immunodeficiency virus – HIV screening and testing guide (2014)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): HIV testing – Guidelines

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on adolescents and young adults – The pediatrician's role in HIV testing and pre- and postexposure HIV prophylaxis (2022)

●AAP: Red Book – Consideration for testing for infectious agents (2021)

●CDC: Sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines – HIV infection: Detection, counseling, and referral (2021)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on routine human immunodeficiency virus screening (2014, reaffirmed 2020)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection – Screening (2019)

Europe

●International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI): European guideline on HIV testing in genito-urinary medicine settings (2021)

United Kingdom

●British HIV Association (BHIVA)/British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)/British Infection Association (BIA): Adult HIV testing guidelines (2020)

●Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM): Best practice guideline on HIV testing in the emergency department (2020)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on HIV testing – Encouraging uptake (2017)

●NICE: Guideline on HIV testing – Increasing uptake among people who may have undiagnosed HIV (2016)

Australia–New Zealand

●Sexually Transmissible Infections in Gay Men Action Group (STIGMA): Australian sexually transmitted infection & HIV testing guidelines (2019)