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Monitoring Bloods on ART
Time on ART Creatinine (only if on TDF) CD4 At ART Initiation ✓ ✓ Month 3 ✓ At 1 year ✓ ✓ Annually ✓ (aligned with annual VL) If clinically indicated These monitoring bloods are in addition to the " Viral Load Monitoring Schedule " Click here for the pdf . South African National Department of Health, Guideline for Vertical Transmission Prevention of Communicable Infections, Version 2

| Time on ART | Creatinine (only if on TDF) | CD4 |
| At ART Initiation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Month 3 | ✓ | |
| At 1 year | ✓ | ✓ |
| Annually |
✓ (aligned with annual VL) |
If clinically indicated |
These monitoring bloods are in addition to the "Viral Load Monitoring Schedule"
South African National Department of Health, Guideline for Vertical Transmission Prevention of Communicable Infections, Version 2_August 2023