and biko thomas has just gotten hiv testing kit from the pharmacy will have the result in about 10 minutes monday with one from my md i feel a little turds we have to read the instructions and then of course you're nervous about the result of one of. the illustrated instruction pamphlet is easy to follow it's very important to disinfect your finger before pricking it to draw blood you just need a tiny drop of blood to place in the buff a point for which a stick is provided and on and off and right then i need to put 2 drops of the fluid in the space next to it with you can see a pink mark has appeared in the window which means the test as active then you just wait for 10 minutes to move a single line in the test window means the hiv test is negative. but how reliable are these tests. we asked hiv specialist christoph lieber at the old post of victoria clinic in berlin he welcomes hiv testing kits early diagnosis can make all the difference. and what to do we hope that they'll motivate people to go out and get them and test themselves if we can treat hiv infections early then we can prevent