STI Testing

Student Health Services offers several options for STI Testing.

Self-Directed STI Testing

If you do not have symptoms, you can get STI testing without an appointment. Simply go to the Student Health Services lab and complete an STI Order Form.

If you have concerns about oral or anal exposure, please call your Primary Care Provider group or (858) 534-8089 to schedule an appointment.

Same-Day Appointment

If you have symptoms, concerns or questions, call (858)534-8089 to request a same-day appointment.

When you have symptoms, making a same-day appointment is important as specimens from affected sites may be needed.

General Appointments (not same-day)

You may also schedule an appointment to be screened for STIs. Call your Primary Care Provider group or (858) 534-8089 to schedule an appointment.

Results

Most results are available in 3-5 days and will be sent to your UCSD email address through our confidential & secure web site (exception: HIV results must be picked up in person at the Student Health Services Medical Records Department). Lab personnel cannot provide test results.

We are required by law to report any diagnosis of Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea or HIV to the Communicable Disease Office of the County Public Health Department.

PLEASE NOTE: There is no one test for all STIs. Each STI requires a different test and there are some STIs for which no practical screening test exists.

No lab test is perfect, although each test has a low risk of false negativity (the test result being negative despite the actual presence of infection). In unusual instances, false positives may occur (the test results indicate infection where there actually is no infection).

Testing in the Community

For information about STI testing in the community, go to: http://studenthealth.ucsd.edu/sticommunity.shtml

Have questions? Contact a Health Educator at (858) 534-1824.