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Offering routine antenatal testing for HIV and hepatitis B in the rural setting of Cornwall
  1. F E A Keane1,*,
  2. J Neale1,
  3. T Phillips2,
  4. L Heard3,
  5. R Jones4,
  6. B Guttridge5,
  7. R Bendall6
  1. 1Department of Genito-urinary Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital (RCH), Truro, Cornwall, UK
  2. 2Penrice Maternity Unit
  3. 3Infection control team (RCH)
  4. 4Princess Alexandra Maternity Wing (RCH)
  5. 5Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority
  6. 6Truro Public Health Laboratory
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Frances Keane, Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3LJ, UK;
 frances.keane{at}cornwall.nhs.uk

Abstract

Before Department of Health directives to offer HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) testing to all pregnant women, there was little such screening in Cornwall. Through a multiagency collaborative approach a new antenatal screening programme for HIV/HBV has been introduced with high uptake in the first year (HIV 92% and HBV 93%). We also report the findings of a questionnaire survey of community midwives who alone offer antenatal HIV/HBV testing in Cornwall.

  • antenatal screening
  • HIV
  • hepatitis B

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.78.2.133

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    • ↵* On behalf of the working group listed.