Testing for HIV and
Understanding Your HIV
Test Results

Basic preparations before taking the OraQuick® oral swab HIV test.

Preparing to do your HIV home self-test

There are some basic preparations you'll need to go through before taking the OraQuick® HIV home test. In order to ensure you get properly tested for HIV, please follow the test directions carefully to get an accurate HIV test result.

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Here are some recommendations to prepare:

1. Do not eat, drink or use oral care products (such as mouthwash, toothpaste or whitening strips) 30 minutes before starting this test.
2. Before getting tested for HIV, always use the directions in the HIV home test kit to help read your results correctly.
3. Make sure you have a timer, watch or something that can time 20 to 40 minutes to keep ttrack of time for your HIV test results.
4. It may be helpful to have access to a phone to speak directly with a support person in case you require additional support with your oral HIV home test kit, or your HIV test results.

Remember, this test detects HIV infection if used 3 months after a risk event. That's because OraQuick oral swab tests for HIV antibodies, and it takes your body up to 3 months to produce these antibodies at levels that can be detected by this test.

Other important information:

You must be 18 or older to use this oral swab HIV home test kit.

If you're HIV positive or are on treatment or preventive treatment for HIV, the OraQuick home HIV test kit is not meant for you.

If you've participated in an HIV vaccine clinical trial, you may get a positive result using this test, but it may not mean that you are infected with HIV. You should seek follow-up with the research group.

Don't use the test if:

The tamper-evident seal on the oral swab HIV test kit has been broken or if any of the package contents are missing, broken, or have been opened.

The expiration date of the test is passed the date printed on the outside of the box.

The oral swab HIV self test has been exposed to household cleaning products.

The oral swab HIV self test has been stored outside the acceptable temperature of 2°-30°C.

Reading your OraQuick HIV self-test results

Interpreting the test is very simple. The below information explains how to tell when a HIV test is negative or positive. Knowing your HIV status is an important part of your overall health. Regardless of your status, there are options for prevention and treatment to help keep you healthy. When performing an oral swab HIV self test, please refer to the package insert, inclusive of the warnings and precautions.

Negative Test

If there's one line next to the "C" and no line next to the "T", your result is negative.

Understanding risk events

Positive Test

If there are two complete lines, one next to the "C" and any line next to the "T"—even a faint line—you may have HIV.