"initiate testing" is an acceptable phrase in written English.
You could use it when you want to refer to beginning a series of tests or experiments, in order to gauge the accuracy or effectiveness of something. For example, "We must initiate testing of the new software in order to determine its capabilities."
Feldman, who has worked as a defense lawyer for athletes, said it was difficult for the commissioner's office to catch players using recreational drugs because of the need to prove reasonable cause and initiate testing.
This is attributed to clients' passivity to seek testing, refusal of testing offer, and lack of an active role of providers to initiate testing.
However, there are also barriers associated with VCT participation, which include clients having to initiate testing themselves, lengthy pre- and posttest counseling, and patient concerns about confidentiality [ 8, 9].
The Food and Drug Administration for the first time has authorized a genetic testing company to offer screenings for three breast cancer mutations common in Ashkenazi Jews, giving consumers the ability to initiate testing at home and see results without talking to a doctor or counselor.
Within the year, the APL-led team will initiate testing with a high spinal cord injury patient.
And he hopes doctors will now add snoring to the list of risk factors - which currently includes high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and family history - they use to initiate testing and treatment.
Authorities initiated testing after the rabid skunk bit a toddler on the face and inside his mouth Tuesday while he was at a residential daycare facility.
Provider initiated testing and counseling (PITC) was implemented at the Clinic in July of 2011.
The provider initiated testing and counselling guidelines, recommend that post test counselling is performed after an HIV test [ 15].
In the post-training period, all subjects initiated testing within 2 days after the completion of training.
Women who test in PMTCT are given different advice than men who test in provider initiated testing and counselling (PITC) programs in general health clinics.
