The results of HIV self-testing strips are reliable and patients need to perform the test correctly and multiple times. However, the results of the test strips cannot be used for exclusion and diagnosis, and must be examined in a hospital or CDC. HIV test strips are a new generation of test reagents developed using colloidal gold immunochromatography technology, which can quickly, conveniently and accurately check whether you are infected with HIV. Generally can be used in the CDC, major hospitals, batch testing and other places, but also used in clinical testing, blood donation site screening, etc., patients can also buy their own test. Usually patients single use test strips test accuracy of more than 95%, and repeated multiple use of different brands of test strips for testing, its accuracy can be as high as 99%, so it is reliable. At the same time, the self-test paper is convenient and easy to operate, only 5~15 minutes to appear the test results, but also can be very good to protect the privacy of patients. However, the self-test results cannot be used for exclusion and diagnosis. If you suspect HIV infection, you must go to the hospital or CDC to confirm the diagnosis.