HIV rapid test offer

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Rapid test offer

From now on Wednesday mornings WITHOUT prior appointment!

We offer the following rapid tests:

  • HIV rapid test
  • Syphilis rapid test
  • Hepatitis C rapid test

All tests are carried out anonymously! The test results are available after just 20 minutes!

We accept card payments and cash.

Information about the testing procedures and prices can be found here.

AIDS-Hilfe Ulm/Neu-Ulm/Alb-Donau e.V. covers the majority of the actual costs from its own resources and donations. The fee we collect does not cover the costs incurred.

STI testing offerat Checkpoint Ulm

In addition to the Checkpoint's test evenings, you can take a rapid HIV test by making an appointment at the Ulm AIDS Help, every Wednesday morning - or by prior appointment.

You can find out more about Checkpoint’s STI testing offer here:

Prices from 2023:

  • HIV rapid test €22.50
  • HIV laboratory test €17.50
  • Syphilis laboratory test €10.00
  • Hepatitis B screening test (for hepatitis B unvaccinated people) €17.50
  • Hepatitis B vaccination titer (for hepatitis B vaccinated people) €17.50
  • Hepatitis C laboratory test €17.50
  • Chlamydia/gonorrhea combination test (throat or anal or vaginal swab or urine sample) €22.50 per test
  • STI test package (contains all tests offered) €65

The majority of the actual costs incurred are borne by AIDS-Hilfe Ulm/Neu-Ulm/Alb-Donau e.V. from its own resources and donations. The fee we charge does not cover the costs incurred.

The most important things about the HIV test at a glanceAn overview more under Topics

If you are concerned that you have been infected with HIV, you should seek advice. If the advice shows that there was indeed a risk of HIV, an HIV test can give you certainty.

• Knowledge of HIV disease enables timely access to effective treatment options.
• During the consultation, find out about possible social and legal disadvantages that may be associated with the test or a positive result.
• Whether you take a test or not is your free decision. No one may carry out an HIV test without your knowledge and consent. No one may force you to do it.
• With a laboratory test that detects antibodies and virus components (antigen), an HIV infection can be safely ruled out after just six weeks, and with a rapid test or a pure antibody test after three months.
• The HIV test is not a preventive measure. You can only protect yourself by following safer sex and safer use rules.

The HIV testing proceduresWhat offers are there?

HIV laboratory test

For a laboratory test, blood is taken from the crook of the arm and sent to a laboratory. A doctor must be present when the blood is taken. Modern HIV laboratory tests look for both antibodies and a specific component of HIV. In order to detect this component, the amount of HIV in the blood must be very high. This is only the case shortly after infection or when the immune system is weak (for example in the AIDS stage).

If you want to detect an HIV infection, you can use an antigen-antibody test from around two weeks after a risk of HIV transmission.

However, the test can only rule out infection with certainty six weeks after the last risk. That is the maximum time it takes for enough antibodies to be formed for detection.

If the laboratory test reacts, a confirmation test is carried out in the laboratory straight away.

You have to wait a few days for the result of the laboratory test.

HIV rapid test

Rapid HIV tests only require a small amount of blood from the fingertip. Rapid tests deliver results quickly, i.e. within a few minutes.

Rapid tests can detect an HIV infection as early as around three weeks after infection.

However, rapid tests can only rule out infection with certainty twelve weeks after the last risk.

Just like with laboratory tests, a positive result with rapid tests must be confirmed by a confirmation test. For this, blood is taken from the crook of the arm. It takes one to two days for the result of the confirmation test to be available.

self-test/home tests

HIV self-tests or home tests are quick tests that are approved for use by laypeople. You can do the test comfortably and alone at home. A little blood is taken from the fingertip and placed in a test device. The result can be read after a few minutes.

Here you can find detailed information about the HIV self-test.

PCR test

The PCR test does not look for antibodies, but for HIV itself.

It is used primarily to check whether HIV therapy is working. This is the case when the medication prevents HIV from multiplying to such an extent that no more viruses can be detected. The most sensitive PCR tests can measure a virus quantity of 20 copies per milliliter of blood serum.

The PCR test can also be used as a confirmation test for a reactive antibody screening test. If it measures more than 1,000 HIV copies per milliliter of blood serum, the result is confirmed.

The PCR test can also be used on newborns. In the first 18 months, antibody screening tests on babies of mothers with HIV always come back reactive, even though they are probably not infected themselves. The reason: the babies have their mothers' antibodies in their blood.

PCR tests are generally not suitable for ruling out HIV infection. Only a laboratory, rapid or self-test should be used for this.

 

 

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If you cannot reach us by phone, please leave us a message on the answering machine. We will get back to you as soon as possible! Please note - calls from Ulm AIDS Help are made without number transfer (anonymous).

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