Access to HIV self-testing will increase testing, frequency and coverage among MSM and other groups at risk for HIV infection. As pharmacists, we have a duty of care to inform our patients and guide them through the process in order to ensure they are appropriately counselled and supported.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have recently released guidelines on integrated testing. Meaghers Pharmacy have been working to facilitate a number of their core testing principles including: