For more information about this course, please contact Misty Johnson at misty.johnson@vcuhealth.org.
The Fundamentals of Waived Rapid HIV Testing course is a full 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.
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 completing of this program which confirms 6.5 hours of training.
