Dried blood spot and mini-tube blood sample collection kits for postal HIV testing services: a comparative review of successes in a real-world setting

Matthew Page; Sowsan F Atabani; Martyn Wood; Erasmus Smit; Steven Wilson; Carol Atherton; Clare F Davenport; Daniel Hartland; Mark Simpson; Stephen Taylor

doi:10.1136/sextrans-2018-053567

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Dried blood spot and mini-tube blood sample collection kits for postal HIV testing services: a comparative review of successes in a real-world setting

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Matthew Page Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service, Heartlands Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sowsan F Atabani Public Health England Birmingham Laboratories, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martyn Wood Sexual Health Wirral, Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust, Birkenhead, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Erasmus Smit Public Health England Birmingham Laboratories, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Steven Wilson Public Health England Birmingham Laboratories, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carol Atherton Public Health England Birmingham Laboratories, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clare F Davenport Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel Hartland The Saving Lives Charity, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark Simpson The Saving Lives Charity, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Taylor Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service, Heartlands Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK The Saving Lives Charity, Birmingham, UK Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Matthew Page, Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service, Heartlands Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK; matthew.page{at}heartofengland.nhs.uk

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Page M, Atabani SF, Wood M, et al

Dried blood spot and mini-tube blood sample collection kits for postal HIV testing services: a comparative review of successes in a real-world setting

Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019;95:43-45.

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Received February 5, 2018
Revised April 30, 2018
Accepted May 20, 2018
First published August 2, 2018.

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January 23, 2019

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