Tanjong Pagar Medical Clinic is an approved Anonymous HIV Testing (AHT) Clinic licensed by the Ministry of Health Singapore. No personal particulars or information are required. All anonymous HIV tests are done in a private, confidential and discreet environment without discrimination and in full privacy.
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People often hesitate going for a HIV test because of the fear of discrimination, but do you know you can actually get tested anonymously in a safe, confidential and discreet environment, without producing your identification card or passport details?
Anonymous HIV testing in Singapore does not require you to provide any names, NRIC numbers or contact numbers. Instead, a number is usually assigned to the anonymous hiv test which allows the person being tested to receive the test results. No personal particulars are recorded, even with positive results of the HIV tests.
You will simply be asked to fill in an anonymous questionnaire so that you can inform more about yourself but all details will be kept strictly confidential.
At Tanjong Pagar Medical Clinic, a MOH-approved anonymous HIV testing site, you can have your HIV test done discreetly and anonymously without having to provide your personal identifiable details.
The anonymous HIV testing service at our clinic is open to all patients regardless of race or nationality.
The Anonymous HIV test at Tanjong Pagar Medical Clinic basically entails 4 simple steps.
1. For registration, inform our counter staff you would like to do AHT (which stands for Anonymous HIV Testing), or anonymous testing.
2. You will be required to fill in an anonymous questionnaire but no personal identifiable details are required during the Anonymous HIV test registration process.
3. You will then be registered with an anonymous registration number AHT-XXXXX and entered into the current clinic queue.
4. When it comes to your turn, you will be asked to enter the doctor’s room for your anonymous HIV testing.
5. Pre- and post-test counselling will be provided to all persons who undergo anonymous HIV testing. The person will also be given information on the “window period” for HIV infection.
6. You can choose between doing a 3rd or 4th generation rapid HIV test using blood from a fingerprick. All rapid HIV test kits are registered with the Health Sciences Authority.
7. The results of the rapid HIV tests will take approximately 15 – 20 minutes, during which you may either wait in the clinic waiting area or step outside the clinic for a walk.
8. After 15 – 20 minutes, you will be asked to enter the doctor’s room again for the HIV test result. A result slip showing the type of rapid HIV test performed and the result may be provided to you upon request.
9. Persons with REACTIVE rapid HIV test results will be given the option to provide a venous blood sample for confirmatory Western Blot testing. The cost of the confirmatory Western Blot test is chargeable at $200 and will be borne by the patient. The results for the confirmatory test will take one to two weeks. Again, no personal details are required and the confirmatory testing is also fully anonymous.
10. Persons who are found to be HIV-positive will be given appropriate medical advice and counselling. We provide referrals to Communicable Disease Centre, private infectious disease specialists or even overseas hospital specialists for HIV follow-up and management.
Anonymous HIV testing in Singapore encourages more individuals who might suspect that they are at risk of HIV to go for early HIV testing.
Anonymous HIV testing offers a level of privacy and confidentiality that makes the process of finding out one’s HIV status less daunting.
Early HIV testing helps to control the spread of HIV as people living with HIV/AIDS can then take appropriate measures to protect their partners from being infected. It also allows them to seek to seek early treatment and care.
Rapid and Anonymous HIV testing reduces the anxiety associated with the long waiting period for an HIV test result. It also allows the result to be informed to the patient in person on the same day, eliminating the need to collect any form of personal particulars or contact information.
For enquiries on Anonymous HIV Testing at Tanjong Pagar Medical Clinic, please call 64433101 or SMS 96622880 or email info@tanjongpagarclinic.com.
Our STD/HIV clinic provides a full range of STD and STI testing services which can be done at the same time as the HIV testing. Please see here for a full list of STD testing and screening profiles. HIV and STD tests can be customized to suit your risk profile.
We offer a full range of HIV testing as well as rapid and fast HIV tests, either by oral saliva swab or by fingerprick blood. Results in 20 minutes!
If you have had a recent high risk exposure (less than 72 hours), you may wish to consider HIV PEP or HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis, which may help to prevent HIV transmission and potentially save your life!
We offer vaccination against Hepatitis virus and Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
Please call 64433101, SMS 96622880 or email info@tanjongpagarclinic.com for more information.
| STD | HIV | VACCINATION | GENERAL | STATUTORY | MEN’S HEALTH | WOMEN’S HEALTH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STD TESTING AND SCREENING | HIV TESTING AND SCREENING | HPV (HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS) VACCINATION | ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES | LASTING POWER OF ATTORNEY (LPA) | HAIR LOSS ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA | MENSTRUAL REGULATION |
| STD EXPRESS TESTING | HIV PEP (POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS) | HEPATITIS VACCINATION | HEALTH SCREENING | ADVANCED MEDICAL DIRECTIVE (AMD) | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION | CONTRACEPTION REGULAR AND EMERGENCY |
| STD SELF TESTING | ANONYMOUS HIV TESTING | TRAVEL VACCINATION | SKIN AND ACNE | FOREIGN WORKER MEDICAL EXAM | PREMATURE EJACULATION | PAP SMEAR |
| STD TREATMENT | ADULT AND CHILD VACCINATION | WEIGHT LOSS AND MANAGEMENT | DRIVING LICENSE MEDICAL EXAM | ANDROPAUSE TESTOSTERONE DEFICIENCY | ||
| TELECONSULTATION |
