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Comparing HIV home-collection and mail-in testing
Understand collection at home, laboratory processing and how to plan follow-up.
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Collection at home, interpretation at a laboratory
Mail-in testing typically asks you to send a collected sample to a specified laboratory. Before ordering, confirm the assay, specimen instructions, rejection policy and result turnaround.
Plan around timing and follow-up
Detection windows differ by test method. Discuss an early negative or a result requiring confirmation with a health center or clinic. If an HIV exposure may have occurred very recently, contact a healthcare service promptly.
General information only. Contact a qualified healthcare professional for personal care.
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