PFAS—Resources for Healthcare Providers

Clinician Guidance

• PFAS Information for Clinicians, ATSDR 2023.
• Clinical Guidance for PFAS from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, July 2022. Highlights  |  Full report 
• PFAS Resources and Consultations and Services, UW, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
• Community Stress Resource Center, ATSDR
• Talking to Your Doctor About Exposure to PFAS, ATSDR
• Additional Resources for Health Professionals, ATSDR
• PFAS—REACH project resources
• Clinician FAQ, ASTHO

Laboratory Testing for PFAS in Serum

We surveyed major companies that serve the Washington state health insurance market and learned most will cover the PFAS serum test when ordered by a clinician and processed by a clinical lab. See Survey results (PDF). 

There are two commercial labs with clinical lab certifications that provide PFAS serum testing but neither currently accepts health insurance because the reimbursement rate is too low. The only option for a clinician-ordered test is NMS laboratory. Clinics must have or set up an account with NMS and arrange for the testing. The other lab, Quest Diagnostics, offers a test that the patient purchases online. The patient then goes to a local Quest location for the blood draw and receives the test results directly from Quest.  Quest offers patients a medical consultation on their results. 

These Environmental labs can test individual clinical samples as well. 

• Eurofins, Sacramento, CA (46 PFAS analytes).
• EmpowerDX Lab (16 analytes)

For more information about blood testing, see PFAS Blood Testing Document May 2022 (PDF).