Description
- DRG MEDICAL HIV SCREENING TEST accurately detects HIV 1, HIV 2 and Subtype O Antibodies in whole blood.
- Knowing your status means you can keep yourself and your sexual partners healthy.
- Early diagnoses gives consumers a better chance of living a long and healthy life getting treatment as soon as possible.
- DRG MEDICAL HIV SCREENING TEST is 99.2% Sensitivity and 99.1% Accuracy.
- DRG MEDICAL HIV SCREENING TEST, conducts monthly internal clinical audits to ensure accuracy.
- In line with the recommendations by the SA Pharmacy Council.
- DRG Medical is licensed with the MCC.
- Easy to use with instructions and illustrations.
- Nurses are encouraged to use 2 full drops of the whole blood as well as 2 full drops of buffer.
- Waiting period MINIMUM of 10 minutes.
- Increases uptake of couples HIV testing among male partners of pregnant/post-partum women.
- Can result in identifying an equivalent or greater proportion of HIV-positive people.
- By knowing your status, it encourages partners and friends follow.
- Pregnant women are encouraged to get tested ASAP appropriate treatment can reduce the risk of your baby becoming infected.
- Without treatment, HIV-Positive women have about one-in-four chance of infecting their baby during pregnancy or birth. Treatment can reduce this figure to about one in twelve.
- DRG medical uses, pressure activated clinical safety lancets as well as self-drawing whole blood pipettes.