This course is for NEW FL applicants ONLY

Once you complete this course, print out your certificate and mail it along with your application to the Florida Board of Clinical Lab Personnel.

At the completion of this course the reader will be able to:

1. Recall a brief background on HIV/AIDS.
2. Briefly explain what HIV and AIDS are.
3. Explain how HIV causes AIDS.
4. Describe the biology of HIV, including its structure, replication cycle, etc.
5. List the risk factors for HIV.
6. List the symptoms associated with HIV infection.
7. Briefly discuss testing for HIV and the available test methodologies.
8. List the classes of drugs available to treat HIV.
9. Briefly discuss the prevention of HIV infection.