Indication for NAAT Testing Description of Indication
Contact Asymptomatic patients that were notified by health care worker, public health, or sexual contact
Provider Request/Routine Asymptomatic patients having complete physicals, prenatal work-up, or if standard protocol (eg. Intra-uterine device insertion)
Provider Request/High Risk Asymptomatic patients deemed to be high risk by the physician due to age, situation, and/or presentation (eg: Hepatitis C)
Patient’s Request Asymptomatic patients specifically requesting testing
Symptomatic Patients Patients with dysuria, penile or vaginal discharge, genital itching, vague genital symptoms, and/or lower abdominal pain
Other Collection was done for gonorrhea specific testing, or any other reason
Table 1: Indications for chlamydial testing.