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> News & Announcements > NCSD is excited to announce their continued partnership with Diagnostics Direct for STD Awareness Month!
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NCSD is excited to announce their continued partnership with Diagnostics Direct for STD Awareness Month!

Read about this exciting partnership and learn how to apply for a free Syphilis Health Check donation.

Release Date
March 26, 2019

Apply here!

April is STD Awareness Month and Diagnostics Direct has provided a second donation of 2,000 Syphilis Health CheckTM tests to the National Coalition of STD Directors to combat the ongoing syphilis epidemic here in the US. The goal for this donation is to award 200 tests to ten different sites who are planning an STD testing event as part of their STD Awareness Month activities. Tests are limited so apply early!

This donation would be ideal for:

  • Any STD testing event occurring during STD Awareness Month
  • A facility that already has protocols in place to use Syphilis Health CheckTM tests
  • A facility that could put protocols in place in time to use the Syphilis Health CheckTM tests as part of a testing event in April

Syphilis Health CheckTM are the first and only CLIA waived tests that detect Treponema pallidum antibodies in human whole blood, serum or plasma and take ten minutes to process. These tests should only be performed on patients who do not have a previous history of syphilis.

Areas these tests would be ideal for are:

  • Rural areas that are experiencing an increase in syphilis
  • Areas with high rates of maternal and congenital syphilis
  • Areas near urban centers that are experiencing increases in syphilis

If you or your agency are interested in receiving a Syphilis Health CheckTM donation, please fill out the donation request form below. Submission of this form does not guarantee a Syphilis Health CheckTM donation. All supplies are subject to availability of stock. Questions can be directed to Summer Wagner-Walker, Senior Manager, STD Clinic Initiative.

Thank you to Diagnostics Direct for this generous donation!

Apply here!

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