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Welcome to the Forum. I'll be pleased to comment. While based on the conversations you had before the encounter I suspect that this was a low risk encounter testing is reasonable. If you are interesting in putting your concerns about HIV aside sooner than later however the OraQuick is the wrong test to use. While there are no formal scientific studies which compare all test types to one another there is an emerging consensus about how quickly test results can be expected to be definitive. The quickest way to be sure that a person has not acquired HIV is with a combination HIV antigen/antibody test (also called 4th generation or DUO tests). these tests give completely reliable results 4 weeks after an exposure. The combination of a PCR plus a standard antibody test would provide results in a similar time despite what the people who sell them tell you and the PCR tests are typically the most expensive tests one can get. If you are tested only with an antibody only test results will be definitive at about 8 weeks whether that is a laboratory-performed test or a rapid finger stick test. The OraQuick which tests for the [presence of antibodies in saliva provides reliable test results a bit later perhaps taking as long as 12 weeks in a very small proportion of persons with recently acquired HIV. I hope these comments are helpful to you in choosing when to test and what to test with. I suspect that your risk for HIV is low and that when you test your tests will be negative but I also understand that you are interested in clearing out any concerns sooner than later.

2015-04-07 11:14:10

David