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Window Periods: How Soon After Sex Can You Trust a Test
People often want to know the “window period,” meaning how soon after a sexual encounter a test can reliably detect an infection. We hesitate to emphasize this topic because most people search for window period charts when they are scared. Something happens, anxiety...
False Postive and Negatives
The Number One Reason STI Tests Go Wrong Here is something very few people understand. Most false negatives in sexual health happen not because the lab made a mistake and not because the test itself malfunctioned. They happen because people are being tested in the...
CLIA Explained: How U.S. Labs Are Regulated and What It Means for STI Testing
What Is CLIA and What Does It Cover? The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 are U.S. federal standards that apply to virtually all facilities that test specimens from humans for health assessment, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease....