9 Simple steps to get HIV PrEP at CCRSFL :

 

1. Call to schedule an appointment or make an online appointment
2. Meet the staff
3. Complete a brief history form and HIPAA forms
4. Complete an HIV test (1 – 5 minutes)
5. Collect blood send to the lab to check kidney function
6. Collect urine if you want other STI testing
7. Meet the provider/counselor during a private consultation
8. Get your HIV test results
9. Get your care plan for long term STD services, including HIV PrEP and/or other treatment as needed.

HOW DO YOU GET HIV PrEP AT CCRSFL?

Community Care Resource of Florida (CCRSFL) provides free confidential HIV testing. The INSTI HIV-1/HIV-2 Antibody Test is a one-time use, rapid, visually read, flow-through immunoassay which detects antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 and Type 2 using a drop of human fingerstick blood. Other sample types which can be tested are venous whole blood, plasma and serum.

 

The Rapid HIV Test is intended for use by trained personnel in medical facilities, clinical laboratories, emergency care situations, and physicians’ offices as a screening assay capable of providing test results in as little as 60 seconds.

 

If the test results are Reactive or preliminary positive, then a confirmatory test is done through a blood draw. The blood sample is sent to a laboratory for the screening of the HIV antibodies and results can take 2 weeks.

 

Testing for HIV is the only way to know for sure if you have the virus that causes AIDS. Many people do not have any symptoms and can live for many years without knowing they have the virus. Testing at CCRSFL for HIV is quick, easy, painless, confidential and FREE.

 

WHAT TO EXPECT ON YOUR HIV TESTING SESSION

1. Questions about your exposure risk and history
2. HIV and STI education and treatment options
3. Free PrEP Florida Information
4. Rapid HIV test
5. Discussion about results and window period

 

INTERPRETATION OF TEST RESULTS:

 

NON-REACTIVE
This result means that antibodies were not detected in the blood at the time of testing. However, this does not completely rule out the possibility of infection with HIV, if you may have come in contact with blood, semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk of an infected person within the last 3 months.

 

REACTIVE

This result means that HIV antibodies have been detected in the specimen. However, a result cannot be confirmed POSITIVE until a blood draw or a Ora Sure mouth swap confirmatory test has been administered by a CCRSFL staff, and analyzed through a laboratory.