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November 25, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. 46 |
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A student prepares red ribbons for a World AIDS Day observance in
Brazil
in 2002. December 1 marks
the 18th observance
of World AIDS
Day.
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Screening HIV-Infected Persons
for Tuberculosis
Cambodia,
January 2004--February 2005
In 2003, health officials in Banteay Meanchey
Province, Cambodia, began a project to increase tuberculosis (TB)
screening among persons with HIV infection. Data from the first 14
months indicated that 37% of HIV-infected persons had been
screened for TB disease and 24% of those screened had TB disease
diagnosed. In response, the officials worked to increase awareness
of the risk for TB among HIV-infected persons. During the next 3
months, the TB screening rate increased to 61%.
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MMWR Recommendations
and
Reports
November 11, 2005 /
Vol. 54 / No. RR–13
Good Laboratory Practices
for Waived Testing Sites: Survey Findings from Testing Sites Holding
a Certificate of Waiver Under the Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments
of 1988 and Recommendations
for Promoting Quality Testing
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA)
allowed physician's office and other health-care locations to
conduct simple, low-risk tests without routine regulatory
oversight. Sites wanting to conduct nonregulated tests were simply
required to obtain a CLIA Certificate of Waiver. As a result,
so-called "waived testing" has steadily increased in the United
States. To evaluate testing done in sites holding a Certificated
of Waiver, studies were conducted by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services and several CDC-funded partners during
1999--2004. The studies genally found that, although most sites
perform testing correctly, some practices could lead to errors
and, more importantly, poor patient outcomes. This report
summarizes study findings and presents recommendations for
conducting quality waived testing.
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MMWR Surveillance
Summaries
November 25, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. SS–7
Abortion Surveillance ---
United States, 2002
This report summarizes data
voluntarily reported to CDC regarding legal induced abortions
obtained in the United States in 2002. In 2002, a total of 854,122
legal induced abortions were reported to CDC by 49 reporting
areas, a 0.1% increase from 2001. The
highest percentages of reported abortions were for women who were
unmarried (82%), white (55%), and aged <25 years (51%). Abortion
surveillance in the United States continues to provide the data
necessary for examining trends in numbers and characteristics of
women who obtain legal induced abortions and to increase
understanding of this pregnancy outcome. Policymakers and program
planners use these data to improve the health and well-being of
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Age-Adjusted Death
Rates
for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection, by Sex
--- United States, 1987--2003 |
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CURRENT IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES |
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October 14, 2005,
Vol. 54, No. 40
Recommended Adult Immunization
Schedule --- United States,
October 2005--September 2006
In June 2005,
ACIP approved the Adult Immunization Schedule for
October 2005--September 2006. This schedule has also been
approved by the American Academy of Family Physicians and
the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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January 7, 2005, Vol. 53,
Nos. 51 & 52
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule
--- United States, 2005
The childhood and adolescent immunization
schedule and the catch-up immunization schedule for 2005 have been
approved by ACIP, AAFP, and AAP.
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