HIV Screening on Admission UMMC & JACQUES Initiative

HIV in our Patient Population

HIV impacts 1 in 43 adults living in Baltimore

Although your area may not offer routine HIV testing, you will likely encounter a patient with newly or previously

diagnosed HIV

For HIV related questions, patient resources/support or outpatient follow up, please contact :

Travis Brown

Program Manager for Routine HIV Testing

JACQUES Initiative

410-340-9226- 24/7

Routine HIV Testing

Two non-mandatory questions have been added to the Intake and Triage to facilitate testing and

follow-up.

Units not participating in Routine HIV Testing are not required to complete the screening

questions.

Areas participating in Routine HIV Testing

For questions related to routine HIV testing in your area, please call

Travis Brown 410-340-9226

Units/Services currently participating in

routine HIV testing include: Acute Medicine Units (10East, 11East, 13East/West)

Medical IMC (10West)

CPCUs (Gudelsky 3E, 3D South)

Inpatient Psychiatry Units (11West, 12East, 12West)

Adult ED

Ortho T6N

Emergency Surgery Services on W5, SIMC and SPCU

Vascular Surgery Services on W5, SIMC and SPCU

Intake & Triage Changes

If your area does not perform routine HIV testing,

skip over these questions.

Intake & Triage Changes

If the first question is answered, the second question will become

available.

If a patient reports that they are HIV positive, a 5 question Previous

Positive assessment will become available to determine if the patient is

receiving outpatient HIV care.

The nurse should call Travis Brown, Program Manager JACQUES

Initiative (410-340-9226- 24/7) for previous and newly positive patients.

If your area does not perform routine HIV testing,

skip over these questions.