title: Home HIV tests: the need for regulation.
abstract: In-home testing for HIV/AIDS will be available nationwide in early 1997. Because laws regulating these over-the-counter test kits vary widely from state to state, national uniform regulations are needed to safeguard the rights of consumers and to protect health care providers from professional liability.
authors.affiliation: Theodosia A. Tamborlane, P.C., Mountainside, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Tamborlane
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kunz
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003219:Confidentiality; D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D018795:Device Approval; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration