for extra confirmation testing without counseling can make a patient take drastic measures dr kabra said the centers for disease control and prevention estimates that there are about 50000 new hiv infections every year many of these new infections are transmitted from people who are unaware of their hiv status clinical studies for selftesting have shown that the oraquick inhome hiv test has an expected performance of 92 for test sensitivity the percentage of results that will be positive when hiv is present this means that one false negative result would be expected out of every 12 test results in hivinfected individuals clinical studies also have shown that the oraquick inhome hiv test has an expected performance of 9998 for test specificity the percentage of results that will be negative when hiv is not present this means that one false positive would be expected out of every 5000 test results in uninfected individuals a variety of home tests finger pricks or mouth swabs are now being developed to be used by individuals to know their hiv status by sitting at home which can produce results in one20 minutes a unaids report recently said the world was opening up to home testing for hiv since fewer than half of those living with hiv knew their status this is a huge barrier to treatment scale up despite the advances in technology testing is still approached with fear accessing clinics is inconvenient and the experience of hiv testing is often stigmatizing the cost of these tests is now measured in cents unaids said in september 2011 the united kingdoms house of lords select committee on aids recommended repealing laws that prohibit home hiv testing