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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Achol Arok

At-home STI test pulled from Australian shelves after failing to detect infections

Woman holding self-testing swab
Australia’s only approved at-home test kit for gonorrhoea and chlamydia has been suspended by the TGA. Photograph: ilkersener/Getty Images

Australia’s only approved home test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea has been pulled from shelves after it failed to detect infections for an unspecified number of patients.

Touch Biotechnology has been handed a six‑month suspension by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) after a review of the company’s self‑testing kit found “the device is not reliable … and poses a high risk for false negative results for users”.

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