SAFER SIX offers tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. Where possible, we’ll treat you at your first visit. However, not all infections can be diagnosed immediately – sometimes samples need to be sent off to laboratories and if we find any infection, we’ll contact you immediately to ask you to follow-up for treatment.

 

- CHLAMYDIA

- GONORRHEA

- SYPHILIS

- HIV TESTING (Rapid testing available - see below)

- BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS

- TRICHOMONAS (not routine)

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- MYCOPLASMA (not routine)

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- MOLLOSCUM CONTAGIOSUM

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- GENITAL WARTS

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- HERPES DIAGNOSIS

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- HEPATITIS TESTING

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- OTHER URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

 

HIV/Syphilis Rapid Testing ($35)
 

We are now offering rapid HIV testing with results in under 1 minute. Since we are NOT a funded government clinic, we are unable to offer these free of charge, so there will be a $35 fee to have the test, if desired. If you wish to book an appointment ONLY for Rapid HIV/Syphilis Testing, please book a "Rapid HIV/Syphilis Testing" appointment; if you wish to have testing for other infections as well, please choose "Routine STI Testing" appointment.

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With more than 99% sensitivity and 99% specificity for IgM and IgG antibodies, we use Health Canada approved INSTI HIV-1/HIV-2/VDRL Antibody Tests, which use a finger prick of blood and you will have results ready in 1 minute. 

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Pap Smear Testing 
 

We are now offering Pap Smear test appointments at Safer Six! 
 

A Pap test is a simple screening test for that can detect cell changes in the cervix that may lead to cervical cancer before you feel any symptoms.

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Currently, the Ontario Cervical Screening Program recommends that individuals that are or have been sexually active have a Pap test every 3 years starting at age 25. 

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Eligible people need to get cervical screening even if they:

• feel healthy and have no symptoms

• are no longer sexually active

• have only had 1 sexual partner

• are in a same-sex relationship

• have been through menopause

• have no family history of cervical cancer

• have received the HPV vaccine

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