Table 6.
Score currently available STI tests on ASSURED criteria.
| STI | Test | Affordable | Sensitive | Specific | User- friendly |
Rapid and Robust |
Equipment- free |
Delivered | Total ASSURED Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV |
OraQuick ADVANCE |
0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
|
Uni-Gold Recombigen |
1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Reveal | NA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Multispot | NA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
|
Clearview Stat-Pak |
0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Trichomoniasis | Wet Mount | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| OSOM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Affirm VPIII | 2* | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Chlamydia | BioStar | NA | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Clearview | NA | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Quikvue | NA | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| CRT | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Gonorrhea | BioStar | NA | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| PATH | NA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
After initial outlay of>$10,000 for machinery.
NA -prices not available on the website
Explanation of Scores. Total score is the sum (range 0–15):
Affordability (cost to purchase a single test): 0 (over $25), 1 ($11–24), 2 ($3-$10), or 3 (under $2).
Sensitivity and Specificity: 0 (under 65%), 1 (66–85%), 2 (83–94%), or 3 (over 95%).
User-friendly: 0 (moderate complexity) or 1 (waived).
Rapid and Robust: 0 (over 20 minutes to perform and/or refrigeration required) or 1 (under 20 minutes to perform and requires no refrigeration).
Equipment–free: 0 (major invasive sample, such as blood draw or pelvic exam), 1 (minor invasive sample, such as finger prick), or 2 (non-invasive sample such as oral, vaginal swab or urine test).
Delivered: 0 (Not FDA cleared/ available) or 1 (FDA cleared/ available for sale).