National Health Laboratory Services Unclaimed

The NHLS is a dynamic and focused public health service provider.









Approximately 2.4 million HIV viral load tests were performed across the country for the April 2013 to March 2014 period. This was a 20% increase from the previous financial year and a similar increase is anticipated for the 2014/15 financial period, as the number of patients being initiated onto Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment increases. The NHLS is proud to have 17 HIV viral load laboratories nationwide, with nine laboratories using the Roche Cobas Ampliprep/Cobas TaqMan system and eight laboratories using the Abbott m2000 system. In early 2014, additional instruments were placed at Frere Hospital in East London and Edendale Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, and others at Addington Hospital.