Sampling time for self-taking an oropharyngeal swab for gonorrhoea and chlamydia testing

Eric P. F. Chow, Christopher K. Fairley, Kate Maddaford, Tina Schmidt, Andrew Buchanan, Warittha Tieosapjaroen, Gerald Tataro, Tiffany R. Phillips We surveyed 215 participants attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and found that the median time for self-taking anoropharyngeal swab was 8 s (IQR = 5–12), and the time did not differ between oropharyngeal gonorrhoea positivity and oropharyngeal chlamydia positivity.
Source: Sexual Health - Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Source Type: research