BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2006--OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR - News) today announced that Novation, the health care contracting services company of VHA, Inc., a health care provider alliance of more than 2,400 not-for-profit health care organizations, and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), has signed an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to make the OraQuick® ADVANCE(TM) Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test available throughout Novation's network of healthcare facilities. The Novation healthcare network includes nearly 3,000 members.
