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The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, August 28, 1997; 6:17 a.m. EDT
The company stopped production of the Confide test because of a lack of consumer interest. It planned to disconnect the phone number Friday, company spokesman Jeff Leebaw said.
Leebaw said 90,000 tests had been processed while the product, which costs $40, was on the market.
Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in May 1996, Confide was the first home HIV screening test. It required putting a finger-stick blood sample on test cards and mailing them in protective envelopes to a laboratory. Each sample had a personal identification number.
Consumers were able to receive the results a week later by calling a toll-free number and giving the identification number. People with positive or inconclusive results spoke with counselors. Negative results were given by a recording.
The HIV-1 Test System, distributed by Home Access Health Corp., is the only other home HIV test kit approved by the FDA.
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