Of 300 patients admitted to an alcohol rehabilitation unit, serological
testing of discarded admission blood samples revealed that 31 (10.3%) had
HIV infection. Chart records indicated that four patients were known to be
HIV infected on admission, and HIV infection was detected in another three
patients during hospitalization; however, 24 (77.4%) of the HIV-positive
patients were discharged with their HIV infection still undetected.
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