Home testing can be a good option for you if
- your home municipality is in the wellbeing services county of Päijät-Häme (excluding Sysmä)
- you have had unprotected sex, but you do not have symptoms of a sexually transmitted disease. If you experience symptoms of an STD, contact a healthcare unit.
- at least five days have passed since you had unprotected sex.
If you are enrolled at a university or university of applied sciences, your service provider is FSHS.
The wellbeing county of Päijät-Häme pays for the testing and is the data controller.
1. When can you use the remote testing service?
If you experience symptoms of an STD, contact a healthcare unit (see contact information for Päijät-Häme here). If you have had unprotected sex, but do not have any symptoms, you can use the remote testing service. You can collect the sample yourself at home, and then post it to a laboratory for examination. Please note that at least five days must have passed since you had unprotected sex.
NB: The remote testing package can only be used to detect chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections from urine or a vaginal sample. Remote testing is not suitable for detecting other STDs. If you suspect that you have an STD caused by some other pathogen or a non-genital STD, contact a healthcare unit. Antibiotics can also influence the test results. After a treated infection, the test can give a positive result for four weeks.
2. Order a free-of-charge remote testing package
You are required to verify your identity with your online banking identifiers or a mobile certificate. Select either a urine testing package or a vaginal swab testing package. We will send the testing package by post in a discreet envelope.
The service requires strong identification.
4. Get the test results to Päijät-Sote mobile app
The test results are usually completed in 3–5 working days of the delivery of the sample. The results will be visible in the Päijät-Sote mobile app. We will also record your test results in the patient record system used by the wellbeing services county of Päijät-Häme and in the Kanta Services archive.
5. Interpretation of test result
If your test result is positive, contact your own social and health centre – you can do this via the Päijät-Sote mobile app messaging (infectious disease [tartuntataudit in Finnish] -section) or by phone. If your test result is negative, but you suspect that you have an STD caused by some other pathogen or a non-genital STD, contact a healthcare unit, contact a healthcare unit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Order a free remote testing package for STDs. The sample is taken at home and mailed to the laboratory.
See detailed information by region: Remote STD testing
You can order a remote testing package for chlamydia and gonorrhoea if you live in Tampere, Päijät-Häme, or Central Finland.
See detailed information by region: Remote STD testing
The result is recorded in your wellbeing services county’s patient information system and the Kanta archive. Additionally, the results will be sent to:
- Tampere and Orivesi: via SMS or the Fimlab mobile app (read more)
- Päijät-Häme: via the Päijät-Sote app (read more)
- Central Finland: via the Fimlab mobile app (read more)
You can return the package by leaving it at the post office or directly in a mailbox, even when it is below freezing outside.
