Working Document, September 2017
Global Plan to end TB 2016-2020
Operational Guidelines for Planning and Implementation in District Hospitals
This document updates recommendations for HIV testing by laboratories in the United States and offers approaches for reporting test results to persons ordering HIV tests and to public health authorities. The recommended algorithm is a sequence of tests used in combination to improve the accuracy of ...the laboratory diagnosis of HIV based on testing of serum or plasma specimens. The updated recommendations also include tests for HIV antigens and HIV nucleic acid because studies from populations at high risk for HIV demonstrate that antibody testing alone might miss a considerable percentage of HIV infections detectable by virologic tests
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Public Health Action PHA 2017; 7(2): 110–115
Updated to Reflect the 2009 Medical Eligibility Criteria of the World Health Organization
Global HIV Strategic Information Working Group
Guidelines for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Level Care
The National Guidelines for HIV-1 Viral Load Laboratory Testing support plans to scale up viral load (VL) testing to reach the 90-90-90 targets in India. This phased scale-up includes the setup of 70 additional VL testing laboratories nationally. These guidelines include laboratory design considerat...ions, a summary of VL technologies, and specimen collection and handling as well as transportation and storage guidance. Quality control and quality assurance requirements are described as well as laboratory safety issues. The guidelines also describe the VL laboratory network to be developed with supply chain management issues and commodities described. Annexes include laboratory registers and reporting forms.
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MMWR. Recommendations and Reports:
December 16, 2005 / 54(RR15);49-55