The firm said that its Cobas CT/NG real-time PCR assay is the first available in the US for the testing of sexually transmitted infections on its 6800 and 8800 systems.
The clinic, a partnership of the Florida Department of Health in Broward County and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation hopes to improve STD treatment and control.
The firm launched the service in part because it recognized that consumers increasingly prefer to pay for their healthcare services out of pocket and without having to get physician referrals.
