NSW Gets Rapid HIV Testing Trial
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 9:32AM HIV/AIDS organisation ACON has welcomed the start of the first NSW trial of rapid HIV testing, calling it an important advance in the HIV prevention response in NSW and across Australia.
Rapid HIV tests provide results within 30 minutes and are routinely used in the US, Europe and New Zealand, however rapid tests are not currently available in Australia, where patients have to wait a week or more for results.
Sponsored by the University of NSW’s Kirby Institute, the Sydney-based trial starts this week and involves four sexual health clinics – the Sydney Sexual Health Centre at Sydney Hospital, the Albion Street Centre in Surry Hills, the Parramatta Sexual Health Clinic and Clinic 16 at the Royal North Shore Hospital.
The trial – one of a number currently underway in Australia – is expected to involve up to 1000 men and run for up to six months.
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