STI/HIV/HCV Testing: Department of Health

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CLIA Certificate of Compliance for High Complexity Clinical Laboratory
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Ambient Air and Drinking Water Testing
Food Science Laboratories are accredited by ANAB to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for Testing Laboratories, Certificate AT-2054
Forensic Biology/DNA, Toxicology and Drug Chemistry Laboratories are accredited by ANAB to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for Testing Laboratories, Certificate FT-0004, Federal Bureau of Investigations DNA Analysis & CODIS
Rhode Island Department of Health - In-State Analytical Laboratory Certificate
Rhode Island Department of Health - In-State Clinical Laboratory License

What we do

Test clinical specimens submitted by hospital and commercial laboratories and medical practitioners throughout the state for HIV and HCV infections, and the infectious agents that cause Chlamydia (CT), Gonorrhea (NG), Syphilis, and trichomoniasis by serological and/or molecular methods.

Perform additional tests to confirm HIV, HCV, or Syphilis in specimens that tested positive in initial screening tests.

Partner with the RIDOH Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Epidemiology to contribute laboratory data used in the active surveillance of STI, HIV, and HCV within the state and to focus public health intervention efforts.

Accomplishments

Introduced into practice a more sensitive and specific algorithm for syphilis testing, the CDC’s Reverse Syphilis Algorithm.

Reduced turnaround time for results reporting of HIV confirmation testing by improving laboratory procedures.

Added Trichomonas molecular testing to the lab’s test menu.

Added HCV RNA confirmatory testing to complete the recommended HCV test algorithm. more

Performed testing to help ensure a rapid response by the Rhode Island State Health Laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/2021.

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STI/HIV/HCV Testing

Mission

What we do

Accomplishments