Health Services offers a confidential walk-in HIV counseling/testing clinic on Thursdays. The cost per test is $20 and you obtain your results in 20 minutes.
How do I get HIV?
HIV is found in blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. Unprotected vaginal, anal, or oral sex, sharing needles or syringes, or getting HIV-infected blood, semen, or vaginal secretions in open sores or wounds are all ways to get HIV.
How do I protect myself and my partner from HIV?
The surest way to do this is to abstain from any type of sexual activity with another person, and not share needles if you use steroids, hormones, or other drugs. If you do choose to be sexually active, use a condom for all vaginal, anal and oral sex. Vaginal and anal intercourse are the highest risk activities to engage in, so always use a condom for these activities.
Where can I get condoms and dental dams?
Health Services has free latex and non-latex condoms and dentals dams available to you. Just stop by the Office of Health Education and Promotion, Health Services, Room 249.
I had unprotected sex, how long should I wait to get tested?
We recommend you wait at least three months after unprotected sex before you get a HIV test. It takes this long for HIV antibodies to be detected.
The Test
We offer rapid HIV testing using Oraquick Advance. Oraquick Advance is a non-invasive oral collection device that provides results in twenty minutes. Oraquick Advance has a greater than 99% accuracy rate.
About the Walk-In Clinic
When you come to get tested, you will be asked a series of questions to determine your risk for contracting HIV or other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). The HIV testing process will also be explained and you will be taken to the Health Services Lab to have the test performed.
When do I get my results?
You will get your results 20 minutes after completing the test.
HIV Counseling and Testing is confidential, but not anonymous
The state of New Hampshire now collects data on all individuals who test HIV positive. Because of this, we are required by law to collect basic information about you during your HIV testing appointment.
What if I need a blood test?
We can also provide serum (blood) HIV test for documentation purposes (Peace Corp, VISA, Insurance, etc.). In these instances, the wait time for test results is two weeks.
Related Educational Information
- Common Signs of Sexually Transmitted Infections - Some basic information on STIs.
- Half of Young Americans to get Sex Diseases
- Sexual Health for Women – A UNH Nurse Practitioner shares her thoughts on what sexual health means for women.
- Let's talk about Sexual Communication – Learn more about how to effectively communicate with your partner(s).
- Being Gay, Living Well – A first-person account of what it means to be Gay and live a life in balance.
- Men and HIV Prevention - An overview of the UNH HIV prevention campaign that targets men.
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