Since the implementation of the protocol, 483 HIV serologies have been performed and four cases have been diagnosed.
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Son Llàtzer Emergency Department
The Emergency Department of the University Hospital Son Llàtzer has done free tests on the occasion of the World Day against HIV, in collaboration with the group Deja tu Huella, of the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES) and the NGO Doctors of the World.
Since 2020, the Emergency Department of the Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer has had a protocol for the early detection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in order to accelerate diagnosis and facilitate access to antiretroviral treatment for people with HIV infection as soon as possible. In this way, the possibility of transmission to others is reduced.
In addition, the hospital’s Internal Medicine and Microbiology departments also play a fundamental and collaborative role in closing the circuit of detection, treatment and follow-up of these patients.
The Emergency Department participates in the RED HIV Deja Tu Huella working group of SEMES. This is an HIV screening project that is also developed in collaboration with the company Gilead, based on the recommendations contained in a consensus document published by SEMES.
The Son Llàtzer Emergency Department provides free HIV tests in collaboration with SEMES and Médicos del Mundo.
Since the implementation of the protocol, 483 HIV serologies have been performed and four cases have been diagnosed.
The Emergency Department of the University Hospital Son Llàtzer has done free tests on the occasion of the World Day against HIV, in collaboration with the group Deja tu Huella, of the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES) and the NGO Doctors of the World.
Since 2020, the Emergency Department of the Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer has had a protocol for the early detection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in order to accelerate diagnosis and facilitate access to antiretroviral treatment for people with HIV infection as soon as possible. In this way, the possibility of transmission to others is reduced.
In addition, the hospital’s Internal Medicine and Microbiology departments also play a fundamental and collaborative role in closing the circuit of detection, treatment and follow-up of these patients.
The Emergency Department participates in the RED HIV Deja Tu Huella working group of SEMES. This is an HIV screening project that is also developed in collaboration with the company Gilead, based on the recommendations contained in a consensus document published by SEMES.
Emergency departments, through HIV screening, are a fundamental way to diagnose cases in patients with a profile that escapes other levels of care (young people, immigrants, elderly population without suspicion of HIV or in circumstances related to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), post-exposure prophylaxis or practices such as chemsex).
In this sense, early diagnosis of HIV infection reduces patient morbidity and mortality, while the cost of treatment and care of patients with late diagnosis is higher.