TY - JOUR T1 - Do HIV POCT testing algorithms help in clinical practice? JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 99 LP - 99 DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050796 VL - 89 IS - 2 AU - Richard Stack AU - Sundhiya Mandalia AU - Alan McOwan Y1 - 2013/03/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/89/2/99.abstract N2 - HIV point-of-care tests (POCTs) are increasingly popular and overcome many barriers to testing. Yet POCTs have false reactive results requiring confirmation. Teague et al, looked at using a second POCT as confirmation. The first line POCT was the INSTI HIV-1/HIV-2 rapid antibody test; the confirmatory test the Alere Determine. The serum of 91 individuals with a positive INSTI was retrospectively tested; Determine successfully identified all false reactive INSTIs.1 These data led us to introduce … ER -