The STD Clinic of Ningbo Second Hospital North Suburb (formerly Ningbo Infectious Disease Hospital) is one of the designated clinics of Ningbo Health Bureau for VCT (Voluntary Counseling Test for AIDS) and PITC (Medical Staff Initiative to Provide HIV Testing Counseling Service for Attendees).
I. Principles: 1. confidentiality 2. informed 3. voluntary 2. procedures: 1. choose a doctor to register at the clinic (you can use a pseudonym) 2. consultation: the doctor will understand the basic situation, assess the risk of infection, provide relevant knowledge and information, and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of testing 3. the inquirer can choose whether to be tested or not. 4. If the applicant asks for the test, the doctor will introduce the testing procedure, arrange the test and make an appointment to get the result (it takes about 0.5 hours to get the report); 5. If the result is negative, you should carefully confirm whether you have passed the window period, and if you have passed the window period, HIV infection will be ruled out and a negative HIV report will be issued; if you have not passed the window period, the doctor will tell you the next review time; 6. If the result is positive, the doctor will discuss with you in detail the significance of the positive result and tell you that further confirmatory testing is needed to clarify whether you have HIV infection; 7. 8.If you ask for a confirmatory test, you must provide your real personal information, such as ID card, current address, communication number, etc. If you are not willing to provide it, you will not be given a confirmatory test.
9.Confirmation testing in Ningbo is conducted at the city’s disease control center, generally once a week. If the confirmation test report is positive, the staff at the disease control center will notify the inquirer according to the communication number you left.