A home testing kit that can detect HIV antibodies in just 15 minutes has been launched in the Irish market. The kit will go on sale from today and will be available over the counter from pharmacies.
The self-test kit, involves the user taking a pinprick sample of their blood with the device. The device then looks for the presence of antibodies and produces a HIV negative or HIV positive reading within 15 minutes.
The makers of the test kit, Mylan, have already launched the product in France, Italy, and Spain and have pledged to work with HIV patient organisations in the coming months “to increase awareness of the importance of early testing”.
