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The most convenient HIV test is also the most accurate.
FDA Approved Home Access Express® and Home Access® At-Home HIV Tests
US Food and Drug Administration Pre-Market Approval #BP950002
Home Access® Standard HIV
Test kit (results in about a
week) come complete with everything you need to anonymously collect and ship a blood
sample to an accredited laboratory while providing access to accurate test results,
professional HIV / Aids counseling and medical or social referrals 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. The Home Access HIV at-home test kits have been clinically proven to be as safe,
effective and accurate as Aids - HIV tests administered by doctors, hospitals or health clinics.
Key Benefits
| | Fast and convenient HIV
test kit |
| | Clinically proven to be greater than 99.9% accurate; as reliable as
hiv tests
used by doctors and hospitals as published in the American Medical Association's
Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 157, 2/10/97) |
| | Counseling, medical referrals and
hiv test results available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week (except holidays) |
| | Shipping and lab services included |
| | The ONLY at-home HIV test approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) |
| | NOT affected by state
laws which require name-based reporting of people who are HIV positive. |
How to Use The Home Access® HIV Test System
Besides being fast, convenient and accurate, the Home Access® HIV test
kit system is easy to use. Each hiv test kit comes with a detailed
instructions booklet with graphic illustrations that take you through pre-test
registration and counseling; collecting a blood sample; shipping that sample to an
accredited laboratory and calling back for test results, post-test counseling and
referrals.
The Home Access® HIV Test System is easy to use. Throughout the
hiv testing
process, professionally trained counselors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
to provide assistance and to answer your questions. To protect your privacy, you are
identified only by your eleven-digit Home Access code number (which comes with the kit).
Purchase Your Home Access® HIV test kit
You can choose the best option for you. Home Access Express® and Home
Access® HIV home tests are available on Test Medical Symptoms @ Home
website.
Code Number Registration and Pre-Test Counseling
You begin by calling a toll free number to register your anonymous Home
Access test code number and complete pre-test counseling. You can choose to speak to a Home
Access counselor or use our automated registration and education system. Our counselors
are available 24 hours a day, every day, to help you with any questions or personal
concerns.
Sample Collection
Using the retractable safety lancet provided, you prick your fingertip
and place drops of blood on the blood specimen card included in the hiv test kit. You only
need enough blood to fill a circle smaller than a dime.
Shipping
Your blood sample is protected by an enclosed weather resistant
protective pouch which is placed in a self-addressed, pre-paid FedEx® or U.S. Mail
shipping envelope (for United States residents), all included in the hiv test kit. Your sample is shipped directly to Home
Access' certified laboratory.
Laboratory Analysis
Mid-American Technologies, Inc. (MAT), located in Olathe, KS, is
dedicated solely to the Home Access HIV test system and the companys future
products. MATs procedures and protocols have been certified by the United States
Food and Drug Administration under CGMPs (Current Good Manufacturing Practices). At the
laboratory, your blood sample is screened and confirmed by experienced technicians using
the exact same tests ordered by doctors' offices, hospitals and clinics, ensuring greater
than 99.9% accuracy.
Results and Post-Test Counseling
After shipping your blood sample, you call back on the same toll-free
number after either three or seven days (depending on which kit you purchased). You access
your hiv test result and receive post-test counseling by once again entering your Home
Access® test code number. Home Access® counselors are available to offer nationwide medical
and social service referrals to people requiring further assistance. Counselors can search
from more than 19,000 organizations included in Home Access Health' referral database to identify
the most appropriate resource to meet your specific needs.
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