Sexual Health Testing at Home with GetaKit
Getting tested just got way easier. SMDHU has teamed up with GetaKit to offer free, discreet sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) testing at your local lab and HIV self-testing kits delivered to your home. GetaKit is available to anyone in Simcoe Muskoka who is 17 and older (HIV testing is for 18 and older).
What Tests Are Available Through GetaKit?
GetaKit offers free, discreet testing for:
- Chlamydia (urine, throat swab, rectal swab)
- Gonorrhea (urine, throat swab, rectal swab)
- Syphilis (blood)
- Hepatitis C (blood)
- HIV (blood, self-test)
Note: Test availability and recommendations depend on your location in Ontario and your sexual health profile.
STBBI and HIV testing is available by printing the on-line lab requisition and taking it to the lab of your choice. Fast, simple, and no awkward waiting rooms. Your results will show up online in three to seven days.
HIV self-testing kits are available for individuals at risk for HIV and they are delivered to your home. Test results are available within minutes of testing.
Swab Pick-Up
Swabs can be sent to your home address or picked up at our Barrie Clinic located at:
80 Bradford St. #403
Barrie, ON L4N 6S7
Our office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). A reminder that our office closes from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. daily for lunch.
Swab Instructions
Check it out and register at getakit.ca
