Is testing for HIV at home reliable?
With the fairly recent availability of HIV
home test kits such as those available in Australia through Head Start Testing has
come new concerns.
Typically these kits are purchased online
as users search for popular terms such as “Hiv Test Australia” and
“Hiv home test” among others. They then proceed to buy test kits online.
But, Are they reliable, what if they give
me the wrong result?
These are valid concerns and highlight an
important quality issue surrounding the HIV home test kits. If you are worried
about HIV symptoms or your sexual partner’s previous history the last thing you
need to worry about is the quality of your test.
We can confirm the following in regards to
the HIV home test kits available in Australia through Head Start Testing.
-They are manufactured under GMP and ISO
quality controls. This ensures strict quality control of the test kits and
their sourced components.
-The HIV home test kits are
>99% accurate and detect both type 1 and 2 sub virus.
-The underlying technology is the same
technology as used in modern HIV testing facilities who use rapid-test kits
-The test kits supplied by Head Start
Testing include a failed test result. This ensures that if the test has failed
for technical reason, or a user error or contamination that a 3rd
result is shown. A negative or a positive are only shown if the test kit has
been supplied correctly with the sample and has detected a true negative or a
true positive.
The above ensures the overall reliability
of the HIV test kits as supplied online through Head Start testing. This allows
thoseworried about their HIV test results, to carry out their HIV test with
privacy and confidence.
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