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Device Name
Visby Medical Sexual Health Test
Common or Usual Name
Visby Sexual Health Test
CLIA Waived
A Certificate of Waiver is required to perform this test in a CLIA Waived setting. To
obtain CLIA waiver information and a Certificate of Waiver, please contact your state
health department. Additional CLIA waiver information is available at the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid website at www.cms.hhs.gov/CLIA.
Failure to follow the instructions or any modifications to the test will result in the test
no longer meeting the requirements for waived classification.
Intended Use
The Visby Medical Sexual Health Test is a single-use (disposable), fully integrated,
automated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in vitro diagnostic test intended for use
in point-of-care or clinical laboratory settings for the rapid detection and
differentiation of DNA from Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and
Trichomonas vaginalis in self-collected female vaginal swab specimens using the
Visby Medical Sexual Health Vaginal Specimen Collection Kit in a health care setting.
The test results are to aid in the diagnosis of symptomatic or asymptomatic infections
with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis.
Summary and Explanation of the Procedure
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and Trichomonas vaginalis
(TV) are three of the most common Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in the
United States. These infections are called “silent infections” as many infected people
are asymptomatic and lack abnormal physical examination findings. In 2018, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 4 million chlamydial
infections, 1.6 million gonococcal infections, and over 2 million trichomoniasis
infections occur annually in the United States but more than half are not reported
because most people are asymptomatic and are therefore not tested.
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CT are gram-negative, nonmotile obligate intracellular bacteria. This species currently
includes nineteen serovars that can induce disease in humans, with Serovars D
through K known to be the major cause of genital chlamydial infections in men and
women.
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If CT infections are left untreated, they can cause non-gonococcal urethritis,
acute salpingitis (an infection of the fallopian tubes), proctitis, cervicitis, and
epididymitis. Furthermore, in women, untreated CT can cause pelvic inflammatory
disease (PID) in about 10-15% of the infected population, which can subsequently
cause permanent damage to fallopian tubes, uterus, or surrounding tissues which
can result in chronic pelvic pain, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy.
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NG, the causative agent of gonorrheal disease, are gram-negative, non-motile
diplococci. Although most Gonococcal infections are uncomplicated lower and upper
genital tract infections, some can also be asymptomatic. Testing is essential in these
cases as untreated NG infections in women can lead to PID, which can then cause the
onset of salpingitis, pelvic peritonitis, tuboovarian abscesses, and endometritis.
Untreated NG infections may also develop Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI),