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How is privacy maintained for electronic files sent from the HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing laboratory to a health department?

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How is privacy maintained for electronic files sent from the HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing laboratory to a health department?

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Participating health departments are required to purchase PGP encryption software with at least 128-bit encryption, which requires keys be exchanged between the health department and the HIVDR testing laboratory before HIVDR data can be sent from the laboratory to the health department.