LabX's at-home STI panels are tested in a CLIA-certified laboratory. The urine panel uses PCR to look for the genetic material of several organisms, and the blood panels test for syphilis, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Results appear in your secure account.
None of these panels include HIV testing. For an HIV test, ask your provider or find free and low-cost testing at gettested.cdc.gov.
Urine PCR detects the genetic material of organisms in the urinary and genital tract at the time you collect the sample. It is well suited to infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea. It has limits: for herpes it detects only virus being shed at collection, and for syphilis it detects the organism during active infection but does not replace blood testing for past or latent infection. Hepatitis B and C are tested only on blood, which our blood kits collect with a small device that presses onto the upper arm. Some organisms on the urine panel, such as Ureaplasma and Gardnerella, are commonly present without symptoms, so every result needs interpretation by a licensed physician.
Every infection has a window period after exposure when tests may not yet detect it. If you were exposed very recently, a licensed physician can advise whether to test now and again later. A negative result reflects only the sample collected on the collection date.
A reactive result is not a diagnosis. For blood tests, the laboratory confirms a reactive screen on a second, different method before reporting it. If a result is reactive, contact a licensed clinician — this laboratory does not treat or prescribe — tell recent partners, and know that, like every clinical laboratory, LabX is required by law to report positive results for these notifiable infections to the state health department confidentially. If you are unwell, pregnant or in severe pain, seek care right away.
Results are released only to your secure LabX account. Emails and texts only say a result is ready; they never contain the result.
LabX's current STI panels test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomoniasis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Ureaplasma (urealyticum and parvum), Gardnerella vaginalis, Herpes (HSV-1 and HSV-2), Syphilis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C. Each infection's page explains whether it is tested on urine, blood or both.
No. LabX STI panels do not include HIV testing. Ask your provider, or find free and low-cost testing at gettested.cdc.gov.
Hepatitis B and C are tested only on blood. The urine panel includes a PCR test for the syphilis organism during active infection, but blood testing is the standard way to find past or latent syphilis.
A reactive result is not a diagnosis. For blood tests, the laboratory confirms a reactive screen on a second, different method before reporting it. If a result is reactive, contact a licensed clinician — this laboratory does not treat or prescribe — tell recent partners, and know that, like every clinical laboratory, LabX is required by law to report positive results for these notifiable infections to the state health department confidentially. If you are unwell, pregnant or in severe pain, seek care right away.
Yes. Review every result, and any symptoms, with a licensed physician. A negative result reflects only the sample collected on that date.
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