Testing

Know your status. Get tested, stay protected.

UTMC Free Confidential HIV Testing Sites in the Toledo area

All sites are open to the public and no appointment is needed.

For additional information contact Michelle Coutcher MSW, LISW 419-383-4368

Free, confidential, twenty minute HIV testing is available in many convenient locations in the Toledo area.

How is the HIV test done?

 

A plastic pad is used to swab the gums (the pink tissue above your teeth). The fluid that is collected is used to look for protein that may be present if you are infected with HIV. This takes just 20 minutes. If this first test is positive, then a second test will be done to make sure the first test was correct. If the second test is positive, the person is considered to have HIV and will be referred to care with a specialist.

For more information visit: www.odh.ohio.gov

Use condoms every time you have sex. Get tested regularly.

Talk to your partners about HIV and ask that they get tested with you.

If you use needles, don’t share them.

 

UTMC Free Confidential HIV Testing Sites in the Toledo area

 

Additional testing available by appointment, call 419-383-4368.