What is the State Department of Healths policy regarding rapid testing in the labor and delivery setting?
The Department is notifying every New York State birth facility that the rapid HIV tests have been approved and encourage them to perform the test at point of care in labor and delivery when the mother’s HIV status is unknown. In most cases, rapid testing will allow obstetricians to have preliminary HIV test results before the mother delivers, when the initiation of antiretroviral therapy can be of significant benefit. The rates of perinatal HIV transmission in New York State have decreased from 10.9% in 1997 to 3.9% in 2001. Rapid testing at a point of care in labor and delivery will be of critical importance in further reducing the number of infants who are infected with HIV through perinatal transmission. In light of this change in technology, the Department is considering a proposal to change 10NYCRR 69-1.3(2), which applies in cases where a woman presents for delivery with no documentation of her HIV status. The amended regulation would require the birth facility to arrange an imm
The Department is notifying every New York State birth facility that the rapid HIV tests have been approved and encourage them to perform the test at point of care in labor and delivery when the mother’s HIV status is unknown. In most cases, rapid testing will allow obstetricians to have preliminary HIV test results before the mother delivers, when the initiation of antiretroviral therapy can be of significant benefit. The rates of perinatal HIV transmission in New York State have decreased from 10.9% in 1997 to 2.8% in 2004. Rapid testing at a point of care in labor and delivery will be of critical importance in further reducing the number of infants who are infected with HIV through perinatal transmission. In light of this change in technology, the Department is considering a proposal to change 10NYCRR 69-1.3(2), which applies in cases where a woman presents for delivery with no documentation of her HIV status. The amended regulation would require the birth facility to arrange an imm
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