Monthly Certification

[Acumen]

If you have only had oral sex with somebody then oral detection is fine. Both Gonorrhea and Chlamydia are very aggresive in the way they are spread including using adult toys as a "carrier"

Like wise if you have had anal sex only it would be necessary to take swabs of around the rectum to isolate non blood born bacteria. or less prone to blood born.

Blood Born, such as Herpes, Syphilis and HPV, HIV and Hep B and C can be identified within the blood within hours of the sample being processed.

The NHS dont use the most expensive tests as you can imagine, infact we know of some GUM Clinics that use urine dip sticks to indicate bacterial load and then if that is positive they run a full test.

We always run a full test as thats what you have paid for. In addition we do cervicle smears, and we advise on vaccination and deliver Hep B vaccination.

Hep B incidently runs at a rate of 1 in every 12 people carry the virus. Its a 1,000 times more transmisable than HIV and can be passed on as easily as sharing a razor or a comb!

When we detect a problem with somebodies results we call them immediately, and then if necessary meet them or have a late (upto 22:00) appointment to get treatment to them as we know to you a film shoot missed is money missed so we understand the urgency of prompt treatment.

Anyway hope that helps clear up some myths! We should go on Myth busters!

[Acumen]

Hi Kentishpete,

If your coming up the M6 why not pop in and I can show you around our facility including the labs, so you can see first hand how we process our samples and why its so quick.

[countb]

I deliberated whethe r to get involved with this topic as ive never heard of Acumen and their web is under construction according to google.
That said,they may be telling the truth as there was a place in Tameside about 10 years ago where several of the girls I saw went for their tests and they were done very quickly.(within 24 hours)
Cant remember the name of it,but might be the Bupa place now,dunno

[KentishPete]

Thanks for the info. I wasn't knocking private vs NHS it's just good to know the facts as our lives depend on it.
That's a scary fact about Hep B too.
Thanks again.

[KentishPete]

Thanks for the offer, if I'm up your way I would find that very interesting.

[Acumen]

Yes the thing is you guys can get vaccinated against it! 3 seperate vaccinations as follows 0 days (i.e the day you come) 7 days, then the last at 21 days, booster after 12 months and thats you for 5 years Protected!

Incidently our website is down as we are moving from one provider to BT and its proving ton be less seemless than we thought.

If you Google Acumen Pharmaceutical Services, there will be plenty of references to us on the things we have been involved with, i.e ground breaking clinical trials, which is what our core activity is!

We also do drugs of abuse testing on behalf of the Immigration Service and the CPS

[Acumen]

Our Web site is being transfered from one host to BT but if you google Acumen Pharnmaceutical Services, theres enough reference to us

infact follow this link:
http://www.pharmaceutical-int.com/suppl ... s-ltd.html

and you will see our facility

[KentishPete]

Yeah I've just had a course of Hep B vaccinations, but I am one of the 10-15% of people who now needs boosters as my immunity is low.

[Acumen]

I think the non-rsponder statistics have gone up slightly to around 20% from our recent updates.

It can also be that one of the vaccines may not have been delivered correctly, but almost impossible to prove that.

Remember 6 weeks after your final booster to have your titre levels checked to ensure your immunity!

Dave
Acumen

[chloecruize]

lol.

so you DONT do oral swabs?! this means your cert is INVALID for the adult industry in the UK! oral swabs DO have a place, your right, and that place is ON THE ADULT ENTERTAINERS STD CERT!

oh, and btw, if you have been in business for so many years, shouldnt you have a website thats NOT under construction still?

sure, its great you off a fast turn around, more power to you- but advertising it as adult certs, imo is wrong. its not a proper adult cert, and producers should think twice about employing talent who dont have the FULL SCREEN.

um, as for bragging about your HIV screen, the local NHS also does a quick finger prick HIV test too....