At present, more and more people are beginning to accept the use of AIDS test strips (also known as "HIV antibody rapid diagnostic reagents") for self-testing of AIDS. However, netizens often ask: "Do the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and hospitals also use HIV test strips for HIV testing?", "Can HIV testing strips be trusted?". Here, the resident experts at the AIDS Self-Testing Center give you detailed answers.

First of all, more and more CDCs and tertiary hospitals are also using HIV test strips for HIV testing. After taking a self-test, some netizens went to the hospital for a test and found that the order written by the doctor said "rapid method" or "rapid gold standard method", which refers to the test using AIDS test strips. AIDS test strips are also known as "HIV antibody rapid diagnostic reagents" in hospitals and CDCs.

So how accurate is the test using HIV test strips?

In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health's "National AIDS Testing Management Measures", the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention needs to organize and complete the national clinical quality assessment of HIV antibody diagnostic reagents every year, and submit the assessment report to the Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health and other relevant units. . Therefore, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s authoritative evaluation data on test strips, we can see the accuracy of AIDS test strips:

National HIV Antibody Diagnostic Reagent Clinical Quality Assessment Report (excerpt):

In addition to AIDS test strips for blood testing, saliva can also be used for AIDS testing. How accurate can HIV saliva test strips be?

Take the Aware HIV-1/2 OMT HIV Oral Fluid Test as an example. The conclusions of clinical trials conducted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing Ditan Hospital, and the People's Liberation Army 302 Hospital show that : The sensitivity reaches 99.3%, the specificity reaches 99.9%, and the accuracy reaches 99.7%, which is comparable to traditional blood test reagents.

From the above evaluation data, it is not difficult to find that whether it is AIDS test strips for blood testing or AIDS test strips for saliva testing, they have high accuracy and sensitivity and are completely trustworthy.

Self-testing with HIV test strips can detect infection in time and protect privacy. In European and American countries, HIV test strips are a common testing tool for families. AIDS test strips have the characteristics of high accuracy, good sensitivity, simple and convenient operation, and privacy protection. They do not have high requirements for the operating environment and can generally be operated at room temperature. In addition, test strips can also be stored for a long time. Generally, in a temperature environment of 2 degrees to 30 degrees, they can be stored and valid for more than 1 year. By following the operating instructions of the AIDS test paper and operating it correctly, you can complete the entire testing process, and no high level of professional knowledge is required.

After asking experts from the AIDS Self-Testing Center, the reporter learned that in order to better control the prevention and spread of AIDS, taking into account China's existing national conditions, we encourage people to use HIV after engaging in high-risk HIV behaviors. HIV test strips are very meaningful for self-testing.