OraSure Technologies Inc. announced that it took part in a Blood Products Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting—held the previous day—to discuss, among other topics, the public need and performance characteristics for over-the-counter (OTC) home use HIV test kits. The BPAC gives advice to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on issues pertaining to the safety [...]
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When routine HIV testing kits were made available to patients in the waiting room of a Baltimore hospital, 400 of 402 people accurately diagnosed their HIV status. Given the importance of early detection, self-administered tests seem like a logical step. And now that this study suggests people are capable of using them correctly and [...]
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Combining the home drug test world with the home health test world, the National Institutes of Health put out a press release last week, announcing that a grant received by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA) would be used toward determining the merits of HIV testing with and without counseling.
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