{"id":673,"date":"2012-07-04T09:29:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T09:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=673"},"modified":"2024-02-26T16:04:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:04:58","slug":"usa-news-rapid-home-hiv-tests-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/usa-news-rapid-home-hiv-tests-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"USA news: rapid home HIV tests approved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>As reported in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/usa-news-home-hiv-testing-moves-closer\/\">blog on 18 May 2012<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\">FDA<\/a> in the US has now approved an over the counter HIV test which can provide a result at home in 20 to 40 minutes.\u00a0 The test uses saliva which does have a higher rate of false positives, but recommends that all positive tests are followed up with a blood test.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-4-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-4-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-4-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-4-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-4-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lab-test-1-4-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the UK, HIV home tests where you get a result at home are illegal and unregulated, there are many available on the Internet but they have no CE or quality mark associated with them.&nbsp; The UK Government is resisting calls from the Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK&#8217;s leading sexual health charity, to make these tests legal on the basis that as they are available, so they should be legalised and regulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better2Know can help you get your HIV status at any of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/clinics\">private STD clinics<\/a> across the UK, with HIV test results available the same day your blood sample is received in the laboratory.&nbsp; The tests are 99.8% accurate just 28 days post potential exposure, and 99.9% at three months, with repeat testing also recommended at six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported in our blog on 18 May 2012 the FDA in the US has now approved an over the counter HIV test which can provide a result at home in 20 to 40 minutes.\u00a0 The test uses saliva which does have a higher rate of false positives, but recommends that all positive tests are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[8,20,14,19],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[642,678,792,760,1343,706,797,597],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8069,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions\/8069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}