Grant Number: 6 NU52PS004696-05-04 Grant Program: PS15-1501 Tuberculosis Elimination and Laboratory Cooperative Agreement Grantee: Tennessee Department of Health Tuberculosis Elimination Program National TB Indicators Project (NTIP)—Tennessee...Grant Agreement • February 10th, 2020
Contract Type FiledFebruary 10th, 2020Known HIV status 98.0 97.0 (unmet) 96.8 (unmet) HIV testing is not being offered to young children and elderly patients. Antibody testing at the state lab cannot be performed on children <2 due to the risk of interference from the mother’s antibodies. HIV RNA testing must be performed for these patients, requires additional specimen, an additional requisition and processing time.