Patient Handouts

There are several fact sheets available on routine HIV testing for your patients. These can be given to patients as you are offering a test or made available in the waiting area.

1. Adapted from the Healthfile, this one page handout is simple and easy to read: HIV Testing – One page info sheet for patients

2. The full two page Healthfile is available in several languages:

Healthfile_English

Healthfile_Chinese

Healthfile_French

Healthfile_Punjabi

Healthfile_Spanish

Healthfile_Vietnamese

3. This succinct one page summary on routine HIV testing can be printed and laminated for use in waiting areas and examination rooms: Routine HIV Testing Summary for Patients

 

 

New HIV Testing Recommendations

Offer and recommend a routine HIV test to all adults who have not been tested in the past year, under the following conditions:
  • Whenever any other bloodwork is ordered
  • Whenever a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) test or diagnosis occurs (same for Hepatitis C & Tuberculosis)
  • Whenever asked for an HIV test
Patients with an identified risk may benefit from more frequent testing, e.g. every 3-6 months. Continue to routinely order HIV tests with prenatal bloodwork