HIV testing in dialysis units: preventing the plague?

A literature search was done on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) to determine the scope of the epidemic and whether routine testing in dialysis units might prevent the spread of the HIV infection. It was discovered that numbers of deaths from AIDS are far fewer than deaths from other diseases and from past plagues and that knowing which patients test positive will not prevent the spread of the infection.