Available from today: STI tests for sale at Albert Heijn
From today, you’re no longer going to Albert Heijn only for your daily groceries—you can also check right away whether you’re infected with gonorrhea and/or chlamydia. Huh? Yes, really.
Albert Heijn is starting to sell these STI tests today, so you can easily test yourself at home for these sexually transmitted infections.
Simply do it yourself at home
‘With this self-sampling test, urine can be collected anonymously and easily at home. Then send the test material free of charge to the certified laboratory for analysis. You will receive the test result quickly and confidentially via a secure online portal,’ says Albert Heijn. There you have it—that’s pretty convenient. Because honestly: the waiting times at the GGD aren’t always ideal, and then actually making the effort to go there too…
No, we’d rather be lazy than tired and just do it comfortably at home. I can also well imagine that a visit to the GGD can become even more stressful because you’re afraid of running into someone you know—or actually do run into someone. Horrifying. Of course, it’s good for everyone to get tested regularly, but small talk at the STI clinic isn’t something many people excel at.
‘It’s a start’
Soa Aids Nederland is therefore extremely pleased with this development, although they would ideally like to see even more steps in the right direction: ‘It’s good that access to testing is becoming easier, but the complete package must also be offered. That means receiving advice beforehand about which test to use and how to do it, and that the provider also tells you what to do after you receive the result.’
Who knows, perhaps the range will be expanded in the future, but for now this is already a very good step—especially since you can simply pay for it at the self-checkout. The tests cost 49 euros and are available for both men and women at Albert Heijn stores.
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Source: RTL Nieuws
