Anonymous HIV Testing

The stigma and discrimination in the societyinformation strictly confidential. The test records of
associated with HIV and AIDS usually places a lot ofan individual are kept hidden from public domain, and
inhibitions in the mind of a person when he or sheonly the concerned doctors, health personnel or the
arrives for an HIV test. Therefore, these tests areState health department people will know the fact
conducted very confidentially and under strict privacyabout the HIV status of the person.
to protect the identity of the person being tested.Similarly, another national agency involved in proving
There are a few organizations like the HIV Antibodyanonymous and confidential testing facility is the
Testing Services, which provide anonymous andAnonymous HIV Antibody Testing Services. Here,
confidential tests to their clients. The tests includethe best part of the facility is that the individual's
blood tests, urine tests, or saliva tests. In addition,name is not attached to either his sample, results or
there are also home testing kits available in thefor records purpose. A unique code number is allotted
market, released by reputed companies which yieldto each individual and this code number itself is used
accurate results. Blood collection is done at home byinstead of the name for all references or
the individual himself and the sample is mailed to thecommunications made. Therefore, only the concerned
private diagnostic company for testing. The individualindividual knows about his status and it is his personal
can find out the result of the test over thechoice whether he wants to share this information
telephone.with any one or not.
Similarly, there is also a confidential antibody testingMany people have confidently used this anonymous
facility provided by an organization named Confidentialtesting facilities and therefore, more and more such
HIV Antibody Testing Services, which conducts thecenters are being opened in many states and
tests on the person's name but keeps thisterritories.