CDC is revising its HIV counseling and testing guidelines. Separate guidelines are being developed for HIV testing in health care settings and HIV counseling, testing, and referral in non-healthcare settings. The guidance provided in this document may change, depending on the results of the guideline revision process; however, until that time, the recommendations in this document should be adhered to.

Specifically, Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings will be published later in 2006. They will replace CDC’s 1993 Recommendations for HIV Testing Services for Inpatients and Outpatients in Acute-Care Hospital Settings; and they will update aspects of CDC’s 2001 Revised Guidelines for HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral that apply to health care settings and the 2001 Revised Recommendations for HIV Screening of Pregnant Women. In addition, the process for updating recommendations for HIV testing in non-healthcare settings is under way, with publication expected in 2007.

Also, CDC is revising its guidelines for partner counseling and referral services. The revised guidelines will replace the Partner Counseling and Referral Services guidelines published in 1998. Publication of the revised guidelines is expected in 2007.

Acknowledgments

The following staff members from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention contributed to this document:

Robert S. Janssen, MD
Ida M. Onorato, MD
Janet Cleveland, MS
Allyn Nakashima , MD
Sean D. Griffiths, MPH
Charles B. Collins, Jr., PhD
Lisa M. Lee, PhD

Maria Alvarez, MPA
Jonny Andia, PhD
Maria Ayala-Perales, MS
Kelly Bartholow, MPH
Lisa Belcher, PhD
Naomi Bock, MD
Jeff Bosshart
Stacey Bourgeois
Bernard Branson, MD
Sherene Brown, MPH
Rashad Burgess,
Gale Burstein, MD, MPH
Hollie A. Clark, MPH
Julio Dicent-Taillepierre, MS
Sam Dooley, MD
Odessa DuBose
Ted Duncan, PhD
Arlene Edwards, PhD
Jacqueline Elliott,
Maestro Evans, LCSW
Lytt I. Gardner, PhD
Cindy Getty,
Aisha Gilliam, PhD
Marlene Glassman, PhD
Stacey Greby, DVM, MPH
Camilla Harshbarger, PhD
Kimberly Hearn, PhD
Angela Lee Hernandez, MD
Matthew Hogben, PhD
Ken Hunt
Lisa Kimbrough, MS
Winifred King, PhD, MPH
Patricia Jones, PhD
Romel Lacson, MPH, PhD
Lisa Mackey, MSW
Robin MacGowan, MPH
Andrew Margolis, MPH
Gary Marks, PhD
Sam Martinez, MD
Mac McCraw
Mary Spink Neumann, PhD
Angel Ortiz-Ricard, JD
Carol Parks-Bani, PhD
Miriam Phields, PhD
Cynthia Prather, PhD
Joseph Prejean, PhD
David Purcell, PhD, JD
George W. Roberts, PhD
Raul Romaguera, DMD, MPH
Stephanie Sansom, PhD
Tanya Telfair Sharpe, PhD, MS
Susan Shewmaker,
Shuenae Smith,
Pilgrim Spikes, PhD
JoAna Stallworth, PhD
Phyllis Storch, MPH, CHES
Dale Stratford, PhD
Craig Studer
Angelika Sutton, MPH
Sam Taveras, MEd
Craig Thomas, PhD
Henry Tomlinson, PhD
Gary Uhl, PhD
David Whittier, PhD
Linda Wright-Deaguero, PhD, MPH
Aaron Zee, MPH

Technical Writer/Editors

Ronnie Henry
Michael LaFlam
Karen Resha, MA
P. Lynne Stockton, VMD , MS