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Home fix Now, it is possible to get yourself
tested for STD in the privacy of your own
“The possibility of conducting private,
confidential home sampling encourages
Those at risk of contracting home, with a home sampling kit launched people who are at risk to step up to test.
STDs can now test in private last month by local medical practice Rob- We hope to bring down the barriers to
ertson Medical. getting tested, such as the fear of judg-
YOU think you might have contracted From experience, Dr Ong Kian Soon ment and the social stigma that comes
a sexually transmitted disease (STD), from the Men’s Clinic at Robertson Medi- attached with STD exposure, and encour-
but you’re worried about bumping into cal said that many at-risk individuals are age at-risk patients to seek diagnosis and
an acquaintance while getting tested at not even comfortable discussing STD is- subsequent treatment,” said Dr Ong.
the clinic. sues with their family doctors. The home sampling kit covers only
two of the most rampant STDs in Singa-
pore: Chlamydia and gonorrhea.
After placing an order online (www.
stdhomekit.com.sg), you will receive the
just as home sampling kit by mail. The package
precise arrives in a discreet brown or white en-
velope without any logos or identification
that it is for medical testing purposes.
Instructions on how you can collect
Accuracy of your own swab samples will be provided
the results in the kit. After that, you have to mail the
samples back.Your results will be sent ei-
from the ther via sms or email.
home sam- According to Dr Ong, the samples
collected are able to withstand the deliv-
pling kit will ery process, and will not interfere with
be similar the testing results. The accuracy of the re-
sults from the home sampling kit will also
to that of be similar to that of clinic testing, which
clinic test- has an accuracy rate of 99 per cent.
ing, which Dr Ong said as some people who are
infected with chlamydia and gonorrhea
has an may not show symptoms, they may end up
accuracy spreading the disease without knowing it.
Awareness, he added, is the first step
rate of to curbing the spread of STDs. With time-
99 per cent. ly treatment, chlamydia and gonorrhea can
be treated. Eveline Gan