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Health care delivery settings where physicians provide parasitology diagnostic testing occasionally provide “simple” test results (CLIA ’88 waived tests) based on wet mount examinations. However, in spite of the CLIA classification of these diagnostic methods, wet mount examinations are often very difficult to perform, and results are often incomplete or incorrect. Currently, there are no specific “over the counter” testing methods for parasitic infections; however, the future may see some newer diagnostic developments in this area. The key to performance of diagnostic medical parasitology procedures is formal training and experience. As the laboratory setting continues to change during the 21st century, it is important to recognize that these changes will require a thorough understanding of the skills required to perform diagnostic parasitology procedures and the pros and cons of available diagnostic methods. Laboratories will have a number of diagnostic options; whatever approach is selected by an individual laboratory, the clinical relevance of the approach must be thoroughly understood and conveyed to the “client” user of the laboratory services.