Routine Screening
Join Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, President of the American Medical Association (AMA), and Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, Director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) and a retired two-star Rear Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service, as they discuss a new toolkit from the AMA to help community health centers and emergency departments routinely screen for these infectious diseases. Routine screening for and early detection of HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis and latent TB infection are critical for the health of our communities as these infections can have an asymptomatic stage which may prevent individuals from seeking the testing needed. Routinely screening for these infectious diseases can effectively identify these infections creating opportunities for treatment and prevention. The AMA’s HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit is specifically designed to help clinicians in community health centers and emergency departme