This class will be held at St. Paul's Baptist Church in Richmond VA
The Fundamentals of Waived Rapid HIV Testing course is a 1 and 1/2 day class that teaches participants how to run CLIA-waived rapid HIV tests. Pre-requistes for this course include the following:
- Successful completion of "The Facts" course within the past two years.
- Successful completion of "The Fundamentals of Prevention Counseling" course within the past two years.
- Successful completion of the online CDC Rapid HIV Testing course found at
https://effectiveinterventions.cdc.gov/en/2018-design/TrainingCalendar/login?SessionID=1854&SessionTypeID=85&type=
Participants must email Certificate of Completion for the CDC Rapid HIV Testing course to misty.johnson@vcuhealth.org prior the the start of this class.
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate safe work practices
- Identify the QA steps required before, during, and after rapid HIV testing
- List the steps of the HIV prevention counseling protocol in conducting the rapid HIV test
- Perform a waived rapid HIV test correctly
- Demonstration the integration of HIV prevention counseling into the rapid testing process.
Certificate of Completion
Certificates will be provided upon completiong of this program which confirm 10.5 hours of training.
