Army HIV Testing Program

1. Army HIV Testing Program West Point, New York September 18, 2002 Good morning. I am COL Gunzenhauser, the Army representative to the AFEB, . . . Good morning. I am COL Gunzenhauser, the Army representative to the AFEB, . . .

2. 2 Army HIV Testing Program AR 600-110, Identification, Surveillance, and Administration of Personnel Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), June 1996. Accession Testing Active Component (AC)/Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) US Army Reserve (USAR) / Army National Guard (ARNG) Overseas Assignments Other Considerations . . . And will provide you with a brief update on two topics. ESSENCE – a syndromic surveillance system And Health Information Operations in the US Army. . . And will provide you with a brief update on two topics. ESSENCE – a syndromic surveillance system And Health Information Operations in the US Army

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4. 4 Army HIV Testing Program Active duty surveillance testing. All AD soldiers will be routinely tested at least biennially. ARNG and USAR surveillance testing. ARNG and USAR Selected Reserve screening will be conducted every 5 years. Personnel ordered to AD for a period of more than 30 days including travel time (for example, ADT, AGR, initial active duty for training (IADT), temporary tours of active duty (TTAD), and active duty for special work (ADSW)) must have been tested for HIV antibodies with negative results within the 6 months prior to the report date and prior to issuance of orders. . . . And will provide you with a brief update on two topics. ESSENCE – a syndromic surveillance system And Health Information Operations in the US Army. . . And will provide you with a brief update on two topics. ESSENCE – a syndromic surveillance system And Health Information Operations in the US Army

5. 5 Overseas assignments. Active component (AC)/AGR personnel pending permanent change of station (PCS) overseas must be screened and test negative for HIV infection if they have not been tested within the 6 months preceding their port call. . . (1) AC/AGR personnel scheduled for temporary duty (TDY) or deployments on exercises overseas that will not exceed 179 days must have tested negative for HIV infection within the 24 months prior to departure date. (2) AC/AGR personnel scheduled for overseas deployments or TDY that will exceed 179 days must have tested negative for HIV infection within the 6 months prior to departure date. (3) RC personnel scheduled for overseas duty (to include Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands) of 30 days or less must have a negative HIV test within the 5 years prior to departure date. All RC personnel performing active duty of more than 30 days require a negative HIV test within the 6 months prior to reporting date, regardless of whether the duty is overseas or in the United States. AFEB received an update on ESSENCE from MAJ Pavlin about 1 year ago. Briefly review the historical development of ESSENCE. It is an encounter-based system in which out-patient diagnoses are filtered and collected into 7 sydrome groups. Potential clusters are identified through comparison with historical data. The system has easily accessible data to drill-down to individual level data, although personal identifiers are not available.AFEB received an update on ESSENCE from MAJ Pavlin about 1 year ago. Briefly review the historical development of ESSENCE. It is an encounter-based system in which out-patient diagnoses are filtered and collected into 7 sydrome groups. Potential clusters are identified through comparison with historical data. The system has easily accessible data to drill-down to individual level data, although personal identifiers are not available.

6. 6 Other Considerations. Soldiers will not be permitted to reenlist for an overseas duty assignment or an organization cited [below] unless they have tested negative for the HIV antibody within the 6 month period preceding the desired date of reenlistment. TOE / MTOE Units Military-sponsored educational programs, regardless of length, but which would result in an additional service obligation. . . Not included in this restriction are military schools required for career progression in a soldier’s MOS, branch, or functional area (such as, noncommissioned officer education system (NCOES) schools, officer advanced course, or Command and General Staff College). U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), Cadet Command, USMEPCOM, ARNG Full Time Recruiting Force (FTRF), or ARNG Full Time Attrition/Retention Force (FTARF) if a soldier’s medical condition requires frequent medical follow-up (medical authorities will determine if follow-up is frequent) and the soldier’s projected duty station is geographically isolated from an Army MTF capable of providing that follow-up. AFEB received an update on ESSENCE from MAJ Pavlin about 1 year ago. Briefly review the historical development of ESSENCE. It is an encounter-based system in which out-patient diagnoses are filtered and collected into 7 sydrome groups. Potential clusters are identified through comparison with historical data. The system has easily accessible data to drill-down to individual level data, although personal identifiers are not available.AFEB received an update on ESSENCE from MAJ Pavlin about 1 year ago. Briefly review the historical development of ESSENCE. It is an encounter-based system in which out-patient diagnoses are filtered and collected into 7 sydrome groups. Potential clusters are identified through comparison with historical data. The system has easily accessible data to drill-down to individual level data, although personal identifiers are not available.