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HIV Prevention Series: Fundamentals of Waived Rapid HIV Testing (In-person, Richmond)


  • Diversity Richmond: Entance 4 1407 Sherwood Avenue Richmond, VA, 23220 United States (map)

HIV Prevention Series Part 3: The Fundamentals of Waived Rapid HIV Testing

July 30th, 2025 | 9am - 5pm AND
July 31, 2025 | 9am - 1pm
Attendance both days is required

In-person | Diversity Richmond
1407 Sherwood Ave Entrance 4
Richmond, VA 23220

Register here.

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.   Attendance at both days is required. Pre-requisites for this course include the following:

  1. Successful completion of "The Facts" course within the past two years.

  2. Successful completion of "The Fundamentals of Prevention Counseling" course within the past year.

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 and interpret a waived rapid HIV test correctly

  • Demonstrate finger sticking and sample collection

  • Demonstrate the integration of HIV counseling into the rapid testing process.

For questions about this program, please email emily.cadden@vcuhealth.org.

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