SURE CHECK® HIV Self-Test – Home Test Kit 99.9% accurate, gives your result in minutes – CE Marked

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point of care test – where a sample of saliva from your mouth or a small spot of blood from your finger is taken in a clinic. This sample does not need to be sent to a laboratory and the result is available within a few minutes A positive test result can always be relied upon but a negative result within the first 12 weeks following possible exposure may not be accurate because you haven't produced antibodies yet. If you have any doubts about your result or have any symptoms, you should visit your local healthcare professional. If you are not sure of the exact timing of possible exposure, you should test again after 12 weeks. For all these tests, a blood test should be carried out to confirm the result if the first test is positive.

By making the test widely available, Boots UK helps accessibility of self-testing reach a ‘turning point’ on the UK high street and helps support the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) and partners to meet the ‘90-90-90 targets’ to beat AIDS by 2030. [3] Please obtain a “Proof of Postage” which you can ask for any Post Office Counter. Damaged and faulty items

The researchers found that most people could reliably and accurately use rapid tests. Using a statistical approach known as Cohen’s kappa in which 1 represents perfect agreement between the results of a self-tester and a trained health worker and less than 1 represents less than perfect agreement, results were highly concordant. The Cohen’s kappa was 0.98 in studies in which users first received a demonstration of how to do the self-test or to interpret its result. In studies in which this was not provided, it was 0.97. This means that in only a small minority of cases the self-tester and the healthcare worker got results that were different from each other. UK guidelines take a cautious approach, describing the window period for all rapid, point-of-care tests as 90 days. In HIV testing, refers to moisture obtained by swabbing an absorbent pad around the outer gums. Some tests require a sample of oral fluid, which in a person living with HIV is likely to contain HIV antibodies. Like any screening test, a reactive (‘positive’) result must be confirmed with one or two follow-up tests.

This review of existing technologies describes HIV self-testing that can be conducted at home or through POC, similar to those authorized by the FDA for OTC/at-home use for COVID-19. There are several hurdles to overcome that extend beyond the technological aspects. For example, research innovations face a funding gap between early-stage technology development and commercialization that can be filled by government, or private venture, or philanthropic investments. For a technology to gain clinical adoption it must gain support [ 167] from various components of the healthcare system, including insurance/reimbursement coverage before it becomes established as part of the standard-of-care or part of routine infectious disease monitoring tool for the general public. Hence, there must be willingness to change current medical practices, insurance coverage, the habits of healthcare professionals, improvements in logistical access of the at-risk populations to testing devices, easing of approval processes of such devices by the regulatory agencies, and encouragement of adoption of those devices by the end users.Second- and third-generation tests can accurately detect chronic (long standing) HIV infection. But their ability to detect recently acquired HIV is more variable. If that confirmatory blood sample test result is positive, the lab will conduct follow-up tests. If you receive a positive test result, you can take medicine to treat HIV (called antiretroviral therapy or ART), which protects your health and prevents transmission to others. You may be able to start treatment the same day you get your test result.