Pathogens tested for by online self-test and self-sample providers, and the samples requested for each pathogen, compared against national BASHH standards for the management of STIs7 16
| Type | Provider ID | Chlamydia | Gonorrhoea | Oral/Rectal chlamydia or gonorrhoea | Syphilis | HIV | Hepatitis B | Hepatitis C | Herpes (1 and/or 2) | Trichomoniasis | Mycoplasma genitalium | Mycoplasma hominis | Ureaplasmas | Gardnerella (as indicator of bacterial vaginosis) | Haemophilus ducreyi | Human papillomavirus | Yeasts |
| BASHH recommendation | V (female), U (male), C if clinician collected | V (female), U (male) | S | B or lesion swab | B | B | B | Lesion swab or B | V, US, U | U (male and female), V/C (female)— symptomatic only | Not advised for routine testing | Not advised for routine testing | Not recommended as an indicator of bacterial vaginosis | Lesion swab— symptomatic only | Lesion swab—symptomatic only (screening uses C which are clinician collected) | V— symptomatic only | |
| Self-test | 1 | B | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | U/C/US | C/US | B | V | |||||||||||||
| 3 | U/C/US | C/US | B | B | B | B | |||||||||||
| 4 | C | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | S | S | B | V | |||||||||||||
| 6 | U/C/US | ? | B | B/O | B | B | |||||||||||
| 7 | V | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | ? | S | B | B | |||||||||||||
| 9 | V | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | C | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | B | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | B | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||||
| Self-sample | 14 | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | B | B | U/V/S | U/V | U/V (Sp?) | U/V | U/V | V | |||
| 15 | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | B | B | U/V/S | U/V | U/V (Sp?) | U/V | U/V | V | ||||
| 16 | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | U/V | |||||||||||
| 17† | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | ||||||||||||
| 18 | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | B | B | ||||||||||
| 19† | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | B | B | ||||||||||
| 20 | U* | U* | S | B | B | ? | B | B/S/U | U | U (Sp?) | U | U | V | ||||
| 21 | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | V | |||||
| 22 | U | U | ? | ? | B | B | B | U | ? | ? | ? | V | |||||
| 23 | U/V | U/V | S | B/S | B | B | B | B/S/U | U/V | U/V | U/V | U/V | V | V | |||
| 24 | U | U | S | B | B | B | B | B/U | U | U (Sp?) | U | U | |||||
| 25† | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | ||||||||||||
| 26† | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | ||||||||||||
| 27 | U/V | U/V | B | B | B | B | U/V | U/V | U/V (Sp?) | U/V | U/V | ||||||
| 28 | U | U | B | B | B | B | B | ? | ? | ? | ? | V | |||||
| 29 | U | U | |||||||||||||||
| 30 | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | B | B | U/V | U/V | U/V | U/V | U/V | |||||
| 31† | U/V | U/V | S | B | B | B | B | ||||||||||
A full list of guidelines compared against is available in online supplemental table 3.
This reflects where a provider explicitly states what sample is used. This is often not included on package tests, so may not reflect all tests offered.
*Most tests requested urine, but a vaginal swab was available separately.
†Indicates a free service that is commissioned by the National Health Service.
?, specimen unclear; B, blood; O, oral transudate; S, swab; Sp?, species unclear; U, urine; US, urethral swab; V, vaginal swab.