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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Feb;47(2):122–127. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001101

TABLE 3.

Number of Laboratories That Accept the Following Sample Types for CT and GC NAATs (n = 81)

Type of Sample CT, n (%) GC, n (%)
Anorectal/rectal swab 47 (58.0) 48 (59.3)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 29/18 30/18
Endocervical swab 60 (74.1) 61 (75.3)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 37/23 38/23
Endocervical specimen in liquid Papanicolaou collector 4 (4.9) 5 (6.2)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 4/0 5/0
Male urethral swab 61 (75.3) 61 (75.3)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 37/24 37/24
Ocular/conjunctival swab 3 (3.7) 3 (3.7)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 2/1 1/2
Oropharyngeal/throat swab 40 (49.4) 42 (51.9)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 24/16 27/15
Serum 0 (0.0) 1 (1.2)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 0/0 0/1
Urine 65 (80.2) 64 (79.0)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 41/24 40/24
Vaginal swab 56 (69.1) 56 (69.1)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 37/19 37/19
Does not conduct NAATs 14 (17.3) 14 (17.3)
 State PHLs/local PHLs 8/6 8/6