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Testing Services
OUR NORTHSIDE OFFICE | OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
Caracole’s prevention program provides FREE, anonymous or confidential HIV testing at our Northside office location and out in the Greater Cincinnati tristate community.
Northside Office Testing
If you are in need of an HIV test, please reach out to our team at prevention@caracole.org or call/text 513.334.4617.
Our testing program consists of:
- FREE, rapid anonymous HIV testing, either walk-in or by appointment
- Free, rapid confidential Hepatitis C (HCV) testing
- How to access HIV testing: visit ohiv.org to order FREE home HIV test kits
No appointment necessary, but they are available.
Walk-ins welcome at our Northside office:
4138 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45223
Hours
Monday–Friday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Testing experience:
We take every precaution to ensure a safe experience. Masks are required; we have them if you don't have one. Hand sanitizer is provided for your use prior to testing.
HIV testing is conducted as a finger stick blood test. Expect the process from arrival to departure to take 20 to 25 minutes.
HCV testing is conducted as a finger stick blood test. Expect the process from arrival to departure to take 20 to 25 minutes.
Results:
Whether you are living with HIV or interested in protecting
your sexual health, Caracole is here for YOU.
We always provides a safe, non-judgmental and confidential
environment for our clients.
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If your HIV test is positive, our case management team can give you confidential services, explain
HIV/AIDS, what your test results mean, what kind of treatment is available
and how to access medication. If
you qualify for housing assistance, we can provide a safe place for you to
live or financial help for you and your family to live in your own home.
- If your HIV test is negative and you want to keep an HIV-negative status, our prevention team offers one-on-one conversations about HIV and how to best
protect yourself, including safer
sex practices—like the use of PrEP/PEP, internal and external condoms, dental dams, etc.
Testing in the Community
Our mobile testing van travels throughout Greater Cincinnati providing easy community access to FREE confidential or anonymous HIV or Hepatitis C testing.
Test
results come back in just 1 minute, with a simple finger prick.
If you have questions regarding community testing, to find where we will be located, or to inquire about bringing our van to your event/location, please contact the HIV prevention team at prevention@caracole.org or call/text 513.334.4617.
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Reach out to learn more:
Call/text 513.334.4617 or email prevention@caracole.org
Ariel Shaw
Health Educator
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JeMarr Jackson
Health Educator
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Jordan Ward
Health Educator
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Jessica Lauber
Prevention Coordinator
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Zoey Peach
Health Educator
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