An audit of baseline assessment of patients with HIV infection

A multicentre retrospective medical audit was conducted on the baseline investigations of new patients with HIV infection. A total of 20 investigations were audited for men and 21 for women. Data were received on 49 newly diagnosed patients infected with HIV from 8 centres in the Yorkshire region. The audit demonstrated that half of the patients were not screened for sexually transmitted infections. However, the majority of baseline assessment considered as standard of care, had been performed.