Where to test for HIV in Australia?

Fortunately in Australia there are several options available to individuals concerned about the HIV status.  Quite often the primary point of contact will be your regular medical practitioner.  From there you will generally be referred to a medical centre for blood testing and then return to your medical practitioner to receive the results.  Addition if you are considering an HIV test you can visit STD clinic or AIDS clinic. Many of these clinics now use the rapid test kits for convenience and speed of results.  If you prefer to carry out your HIV test with more privacy or possibly more convenience than you can purchase these HIV test kits online in Australia from suppliers such as Head Start Testing.  The test  kits are manufactured in a quality controlled environment under the ISO and GMP standards.  It is important to remember when self testing for HIV that whilst you enjoy more privacy and convenience you will forgo the valuable service of counseling.  Of many individuals testing for HIV in Australia find counseling an essential support to the HIV testing process.  Others prefer the privacy of testing by themselves knowing that in the event of a positive result they still have access to the same counseling services after they have consulted by a medical practitioner.  Whichever of the HIV testing methods you choose it is essential that you remember that there is a delay between HIV infection and HIV detection.  This is referred to as the HIV window or infection window period.  As such if you are concerned that you may have been infected with HIV virus it is important that you stop any sexual contact until you are certain of your HIV status.  The only way to the truly certain of your HIV status is to carry out an HIV test.

How to reduce HIV infection.

Once in method to reduce HIV infection is the removal of the behavior that spreads the HIV virus.  Unfortunately despite greater public awareness it is highly unlikely that individuals will stop having unprotected sex despite the risks.  This leads us to a second method of reducing infection, more testing.  By carrying out more HIV testing individuals who are infected are of course once aware of that infection much less likely to have unprotected sex.  As with all it STD testing in order for this plan to be effective requires the cooperation of the Australian public.  In Australia there are numerous STD and HIV testing facilities yet many individuals continue to neglect HIV testing despite knowing they have been at risk of infection. Head Start Solutions provides an alternative testing method in Australia, the purchase online for HIV test kits for HIV testing in the privacy and convenience of your own home.  The test kits are shipped in single or multiple test packs so as to allow individuals to test for HIV at regular intervals thus respecting the HIV antibody window.

With this discreet testing option available in Australia there is now one less reason to avoid HIV testing.  The HIV test kits can be purchased online are and are delivered promptly and discreetly throughout Australia.  As well as HIV test kits Head Start Testing is evaluating other test kits for STD testing.  The priority is on quality and reliability.  The HIV test kits supplied By Head Start Testing are >99% accurate and detect the HIV 1 and HIV 2 sub virus.  They are manufactured under GMP and ISO quality controlled conditions within a medical testing manufacturing facility.