Speedy CD4 count results in HIV positive patients crucial?

Speaking in an interview with Mmegi yesterday, Glynis Davids of Inverness Medical Innovations said the Pima machine, which she called 'the first truly point of care instrument to check CD4 count' can help speed up the process of patients whose CD4 count is low, getting help timely.

"With the availability of Pima, one can get tested for HIV/AIDS and if the result come back positive, their CD4 count can be determined and if necessary they can get on treatment immediately and all this can happen in a day," Davids said, adding that in the medical world, it is feared that 50 percent of HIV positive people especially in sub-Saharan Africa die while waiting for the determination of their CD4 counts.