Number of patients tested for HIV infection—survey of first 5000 patients seen in 1998 at 53 GUM clinics
| HIV test requested | HIV test offered but not requested | Number (%) tested† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure category | Total surveyed (100%) | Subtotal (100%) | Number (%) tested | Subtotal (100%) | Number (%) tested | Number (%) tested † |
| †Includes 40 patients known to have been tested for HIV where information on requesting and/or offering tests was unknown. | ||||||
| *Other includes contacts of those with STIs, sexual assault, needlestick, and other exposures to blood, IVF screening, those not sexually active, non-acute STIs. | ||||||
| High risk | ||||||
| Sexually active homosexual/bisexual man | 250 | 161 | 156 (97) | 51 | 19 (37) | 180 (72) |
| Sexually active heterosexual from the UK, with a “high risk” contact | 249 | 164 | 154 (94) | 61 | 15 (25) | 170 (68) |
| Heterosexual who has lived in sub-Saharan Africa | 37 | 15 | 14 (93) | 10 | 3 (30) | 17 (46) |
| Injecting drug users who have shared equipment | 37 | 30 | 25 (83) | 7 | 3 (43) | 28 (76) |
| Injecting drug users who deny sharing | 17 | 11 | 10 (91) | 3 | 2 (67) | 12 (71) |
| Subtotal high risk | 590 | 381 | 359 (94) | 132 | 42 (32) | 401 (69) |
| Low risk | ||||||
| Sexually active heterosexual from the UK, who denies “high risk” contact | 2697 | 633 | 582 (92) | 501 | 124 (25) | 719 (27) |
| Heterosexual from the UK with acute STI* | 1357 | 109 | 91 (83) | 376 | 77 (20) | 187 (14) |
| Heterosexual who has lived abroad (other than sub-Saharan Africa) | 96 | 51 | 49 (96) | 20 | 8 (40) | 58 (60) |
| Subtotal low risk | 4150 | 793 | 722 (91) | 897 | 209 (23) | 964 (23) |
| Other* | 146 | 53 | 51 (96) | 11 | 4 (36) | 56 (38) |
| Unspecified | 60 | 9 | 9 (100) | 35 | 1 (3) | 10 (17) |
| Total | 4946 | 1236 | 1141 (92) | 1075 | 256 (24) | 1437 (29) |