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    SHIM CLINIC
STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™
168 Bedok South Avenue 3 #01-473
Singapore 460168
Tel: (+65) 6446 7446
Fax: (+65) 6449 7446
Web: Sexual Health Screening, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG)
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 9 am to 3 pm, 7 pm to 11 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 7 pm to 11 pm
Public Holidays: Closed
Walk-in clinic. Appointments not required.
Bring NRIC, Work Pass or Passport for registration.

Sexual Health Screening, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG)

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Sexual Health Screening, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG) @sexualhealth.sg: Sexual health symptoms in men/women. Full/total/complete screening/diagnosis, testing/check, treatment clinic, Singapore - Private and confidential service. Definitions, references, and latest news.

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Full/Total/Complete STD Testing / STD Check / Sexual Health Screening packages (price includes consultation fees):
  • Men who practice insertive sex SG$497/=
  • Women who practice vaginal sex SG$737/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test)
  • Either sex practicing anal sex SG$697/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA test)
  • Other variations - discuss with the doctor.
Basic package includes:
  • Clinical History
  • Physical Examination - Consider trimming your pubic hair with a scissors to about 1mm length. It will be easier to see and treat any disease. Do not shave. Shaving cuts the skin, and may spread any existing disease.
  • Laboratory Testing - When you arrive at the clinic, do not go to the toilet. Should we need to sample your urine for testing, it is recommended that the urine be retained in your bladder for 4 hours or more.
Test Sample Results in
Gonorrhoea PCR urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
Chlamydia PCR urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
Gonorrhoea culture urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
NSU (Non-specific urethritis) culture
  Ureaplasma urealyticum
  Mycoplasma hominis
urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
General culture
  Lancefield group B streptococcus
  Candida
urine (male) / vaginal swab 1 week
Microbiology - direct smear
  Yeast cells
  Trichomonas vaginalis
  Gram-negative intracellular diplococci
  Clue cells
urine (male) / vaginal swab 2-3 days
Urinalysis - chemistry / microscopy urine (male) 2-3 days
Syphilis (VDRL/ TPHA) blood 2-3 days
Candida Antibody blood 2-3 days
Chlamydia IgG Antibody blood 2-3 days
Herpes Simplex Type 1 IgG Antibody blood 2-3 days
Herpes Simplex Type 2 IgG Antibody blood 2-3 days
Hepatitis A IgG Antibody blood 2-3 days
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) blood 2-3 days
Hepatitis B Surface Antibody blood 2-3 days
Hepatitis C Antibody blood 2-3 days
HIV blood 2-3 days

Optional tests:

  • OraQuick® Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test SG$60/=. Results in 20 minutes.
  • Digene® HPV DNA test SG$200/=, or
  • Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test (females only) SG$240/=

Sexual risk (of STD/HIV/pregnancy), and what you can do before and after exposure.

TimelineEvent / Available resources
Before exposure
STD / HIV exposure Unsafe sex / unprotected sex:
0-72 hours
2 weeks
1 month
  • HIV p24 antigen test
3 months
  • Rapid HIV test will be positive in 97% of infected individuals
    • HIV test cost is SG$60/= (HIV test only)
    • Oral fluid or finger prick blood sampling.
    • Results in 20 minutes.
  • STD testing
6 months
Anytime
  • Full/total/complete STD testing:
    • Men who practice insertive sex SG$497/=
    • Women who practice vaginal sex SG$737/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA & ThinPrep® test)
    • Either sex practicing anal sex SG$697/= (includes Digene® HPV DNA test)
    • Other variations - discuss with the doctor.
    • Hold your urine in your bladder for at least 4 hours.
  • STD treatment when STD symptoms appear.
  • Genital warts treatment/removal/cure

References


Latest News

South Africa: Know Your Status
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:22:33 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[BuaNews] Cape Town - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has urged South Africans of all ages to go for HIV testing at least once a year. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)

Africa: Obama Budget Decimates Global ---- Funding
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:44:01 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[AHF] Washington, DC - ---- Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today criticized the Obama administration, which - in a shocking repudiation of nearly thirty years of progress against the global ---- pandemic - last Monday unveiled a global ---- budget that takes the unprecedented step of reducing ---- funding by approximately $214 million in fiscal year 2013. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)

Ghana: Head of United Nation's ---- Programme Visits Nation
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:38:58 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[Public Agenda] The Executive Director of the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/---- (UNAIDS), Mr Michel Sidibe, is expected to arrive in Ghana on Wednesday for a three-day state visit. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)

Nigeria: 'HIV/---- Not Transmitted By Witches'
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:41 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[Daily Trust] Calabar - Against the popular belief in most South South states of Nigeria that witches and wizards transmit the HIV virus and responsible for the increasing number of people affected by the disease, a medical expert, Dr. Eko Ofutet has strongly disabused the notion. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)

Zimbabwe: Growth of ---- Levy Fund is Good News
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:09:12 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[The Herald] The recent announcement of substantial growth in revenue collected by the National ---- Council is very good news. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)

Hydatidiform mole resulting from sexual violence
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | International Archives of Medicine
Conclusion: The incidence of HM was 1:573 pregnancies resulting from rape, within the range estimated for Latin American countries. Trophoblastic material can be preserved to identify the violence perpetrator, considering only the paternal HM chromosomes. History of sexual violence should be investigated in cases of HM in the first half of adolescence and women in a vulnerable condition. (Source: International Archives of Medicine)

Condom Use during Most Recent Anal Intercourse Event among a U.S. Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | The Journal of Sexual Medicine
Conclusions.  This study provides a large‐scale assessment of condom use during the most recent PAI among MSM in the United States. Findings from this study highlight diversity in condom use behaviors and demonstrate varying degrees of potential risk for human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections. Future prevention efforts should consider contextual components of condom use, including partner type, location of the sexual event, and semen exposure, to more accurately develop individualized risk reduction strategies. Rosenberger JG, Reece M, Schick V, Herbenick D, Novak DS, Van Der Pol B, and Fortenberry JD. Condom use during most recent anal intercourse event among a U.S. sample of men who have sex with men. J Sex Med **;**:**–**. (Source: The Journal of Se...

South Sudan: Government Urged to Extend HIV Testing Services to WGs Villages
Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:12:23 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[Citizen] Citizens of Western Bahr el Ghazal state (Wau) hae urged the state government to extend HIV testing services to the people in the villages so that they are able to know their HIV status since many youth and the citizens in the villages yet don't know about HIV/---- in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)

Rwanda: Religious Leaders in HIV/---- Drive
Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:12:29 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
[New Times] Religious leaders from Kicukiro District have called on Rwandans, especially the youth, to play a key role in fighting HIV/---- and other pandemics. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)