GetaKit sexual health testing
Getting tested just got way easier. Southeast Public Health 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 the southeast region who is 16 and older. Check it out and register at getakit.ca.
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 – available beginning April 7
You must register online at GetaKit.ca before you pick up your kit.
Don’t want testing kits mailed to your home? Pick up at a location near you!
Beginning April 7, swabs can be picked up at one of the Southeast Public Health offices listed below during regular business hours:
- Almonte
- Bancroft
- Belleville
- Brockville
- Gananoque
- Kemptville
- Kingston
- Napanee
- Picton
- Smiths Falls
- Trenton