Specialty Labs in HIV Care

Saturday, November 17, 2012
10:45 am to 12:15 pm

Don Kurtyka, PhD, MBA, FNP-BC, AAHIVS
Director of HIV Services at Tampa General Hospital &
Hillsborough County Health Department’s Specialty Care Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases & International Medicine
At the University of South Florida

Nurses and nurse practitioners encounter many lab tests in daily practice.  This program focuses on specialty labs that are used to treat and monitor HIV disease and HIV-related conditions.  The program will review common specialty tests including resistance tests (genotype and phenotype), interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) tests for TB infection, tropism assays, and HLA-B*5701 genetic testing.  Using a case study format, participants will be able to integrate laboratory concepts into clinical practice.