Today, let's focus on HIV and self-testing.
The State vigorously promotes and promotes active HIV testing and counseling, including voluntary counseling and testing, and HIV/AIDS testing and consultation services (PITC) provided by medical personnel.
However, due to the existence of concealment, discrimination, stigma, etc., there are still some high-risk groups that are not covered.
Voluntary HIV counselling and testing is an important measure for early detection of infected people and patients.
HIV self-testing (HIVST) can increase the initiative and accessibility of HIV testing as an important complement to HIV testing counselling services.
HIV self-test (HIVST).
HIVST is the process by which individuals self-collect, test, and read their results, either privately or in the company of someone they trust. Through HIVST, you can know your HIV infection status in a timely manner, and after being diagnosed by a medical and health institution, you can get **, care and prevention services as soon as possible, and it also helps to protect individual privacy.
At present, there are two main ways to HIVST01 Rapid self-test kits are currently available in pharmacies or online: blood, oral mucosal exudate and urine, and the test results are more reliable after the exposure window period (4 to 12 weeks).
If the results are abnormal, further testing at a professional facility is required.
Blood tests. Detection steps.
step.1 Blood sampling.
Use an alcohol cotton ball to disinfect the blood collection site and blood collection needle, and quickly press the blood collection site for the quasi-blood collection site.
step.2 Loading.
Blood droplets can be dropped directly into the wells, or they can be drawn into a clean pipette and then into the wells.
step.3 Add samples.
Add 1 2 drops of sample diluent to the diluent.
step.4 Wait.
Observe the results within 10-15 min after adding the diluent.
For those who don't like blood collection, you can use the oral mucosal exudate kit to detect the oral mucosal exudate with an accuracy rate of more than 99%.
Oral mucosal exudate testing.
Detection steps. step.1 Blood sampling.
Note:1Do not smoke or drink alcohol before the test, and clean your mouth with warm water to ensure that your mouth is clean.
2.Do not touch the end of the mouth swab with a cloth pad.
step.2 infiltrating swabs.
step.3 Detection.
Note:1Do not touch the surface of the interlayer of the test strip with your hands.
2.The test strip arrow is placed down into the dilution tube.
3.Do not exceed the MAX line of the diluent.
step.4 Wait.
Once the sampling is complete, wait 15 minutes before reading the results.
Urine tests. Detection steps.
step.1 Sampling.
step.2 Collection.
step.3 Filling.
step.4 Wait.
Result read. The results of the above three detection methods are read
The presence of only one red line (control line C) on the test strip is a negative result.
Two red lines appear on the test strip, (control line C and test line T) as a positive result.
If the red line does not appear on the test strip, it means that the test experiment has failed, please take another card and re-test.
Urine transmission HIV testing.
Since April 2016, the "Pilot Program for Urine Transmission HIV Testing in Colleges and Universities" has been successfully launched, and if you are a college student, you can purchase a urine test service package from the vending machine on campus and collect urine according to the instructions.
Detection steps. step.1 Preparation.
Remove the urine test sample collector and open the lid on the bottom of the collector.
step.2 Sampling.
Place the straw tip into the cup with the urine, hold the sampler on one side, and slowly suck it up with a stick on the other.
step.3 Sealing.
Take out the aspirated urine collector and put the lid on the bottom of the collector back in.
step.4 Save the code.
The corresponding detection number is printed on both ends of the collector, and the right coding strip is broken along the position where the line is drawn, and the code on the wooden stick is retained for querying the detection result.
Put the sealed urine sample collector back in the sample collection box on campus, and after 3 to 5 working days, log in to the Internet platform and enter the barcode number to check the HIV antibody test results.
The whole process is anonymous, secure, and the results are accurate. If the test result is abnormal, further testing at a professional institution is required.
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