This quick process works well on two conditions: Team members stay in character and the rapid fire testing is done across a wide enough audience to yield meaningful insights.
For the 2012 observance of National HIV Testing Day, June 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a new pilot project to train pharmacists and retail store clinic staff at 12 rural and 12 urban sites to provide voluntary, confidential, rapid HIV testing.
The preliminary data from the first few months of pilot-testing of the rapid diagnostics, GeneXpert, was presented at a private meeting at a global TB conference in Kuala Lumpur.