An accurate HIV Test is so important

How accurate is an at home HIV test?

HIV test accuracy encompasses two aspects: test sensitivity and test specificity.

• Test sensitivity is the percentage of results that will be positive when HIV is present in the body; this number informs about the probability that the test result is not a false negative.
• Test specificity is the percentage of results that will be negative when HIV is not present in the body; this number informs about the probability that the test result is not a false positive.

Generally speaking, all HIV tests are near 100% in specificity, meaning that the chances of getting a positive result when an HIV infection is not present are extremely low.

As for sensitivity, laboratory tests and rapid tests done in clinics are typically extremely reliable, with about 99.3% accuracy.

In general, these days, at-home rapid HIV tests are considered as reliable as clinical tests, as long as the test is performed after the incubation time window (3 months).

The at-home tests in our Webshop have undergone extensive performance reviews, showing their relative sensitivity to be between 99.5-99.8% and relative specificity at 99.8-100%.

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