Preventx publishes and presents research regularly to share the public health learning from the millions of STI tests we perform each year.
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HIV diagnoses amongst service users accessing testing via London’s sexual health e-service over the pandemic
STI rates among PrEP using and non-PrEP using men who have sex with men accessing a regional online STI testing service
Symptom status and postal kit return rates of individuals accessing and online STI testing service
Domestic abuse and domestic violence reporting by service users of a regional online STI testing service during the pandemic
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C virus testing outcomes amongst service users of a regional online STI testing service
Testing for Trichomonas Vaginalis in asymptomatic and symptomatic females testing through an online STI testing service
Who accesses Emergency Hormonal Contraception through an online sexual health service
An analysis of service users accessing a routine contraception service via an online platform during the Covid-19 pandemic
Comparison of the demographics of asymptomatic & symptomatic users ordering through an online service during the pandemic
Testing 7376 samples for Trichomonas vaginalis using NAAT testing in symptomatic females with vaginal discharge and asymptomatic females
An analysis of service users accessing a routine contraception service via an online platform during the Covid-19 pandemic
New Preventx data highlights disproportionate positivity rates for Trichomoniasis
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Who we are
Preventx is the largest provider of remote sexual health testing in the UK, working with the NHS and over 70 local authorities. Our SH.UK service enables people to access free sexual health services, including testing, contraception and treatment, and through Sexual Health London we partner with the NHS to run the largest publicly funded remote sexual health testing programme in the world.
We empower people to access reliable, trusted remote sexual health services through our adaptable digital platform, efficient self-sampling and in-house specialist diagnostic laboratory. Through our services, we have carried out nearly 2 million remote HIV tests.
Our sexual health services
Preventx is the largest provider of remote sexual health services across the UK
SH.UK is a sexual health service that provides free and easy access to home sexual health testing, in partnership with the NHS.
SHL.UK is a discreet sexual health service for Londoners, providing remote testing, contraception and treatment.
test.me offers easy to access at home sexual health testing for anyone who doesn’t qualify for a free STI test.
Our Laboratory
The Preventx in-house laboratory is a UKAS ISO 15189 accredited medical laboratory (no. 7568) and adheres to a strict quality system.
We only process our own tests, from our own sampling kits and with a focus on sexual health. We don’t process tests for anyone else, so no other work is more important or higher priority.
Preventx is the only digital sexual health service with its own in-house laboratory, and we have developed and evolved our processes specifically to test the small samples that are produced through self-sampling. For example, we can carry out up to six tests on a single finger-prick blood sample, plus confirmatory testing and assays such as quantitative RPR.
