HPV Self-collection with BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay
BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay: validated for use on self-collected samples both at home and in the clinic
Self-collection is gaining adoption and may become a method of choice for the future of cervical cancer screening programmes – not only to increase screening coverage, but also as a convenient and cost-effective method for routine HPV screening.1-6
The BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay provides a convenient and performant solution to answer the growing demand for self-collection in HPV testing.7,8
Equivalent sensitivity on self-collected and clinician-collected samples
Lowest proportion of invalid results
Convenient logistical chain from sample to testing
The importance of
self-collection
* Ratio of sensitivity for self-collected samples to sensitivity for clinician-collected samples.
† With up to 6 days exposure at 40 ºC.
ASC-US, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; CIN2+, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or higher; FDA, Food and Drug Administration; HPV, human papillomavirus; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
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2. Arbyn M et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021;27(8):1083–95.
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4. Yeh PT et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2019;4(3):e001351.
5. Hawkes D et al. Cancers. 2020;12(4):1053.
6. World Health Organization. WHO Guideline for Screening and Treatment of Cervical Pre-Cancer Lesions for Cervical Cancer Prevention – Second Edition. 2021.
7. Rohner E et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2020;58(3):e01443-19.
8. Martinelli M, Latsuzbaia A, Blond J. Et al. Performance of BD Onclarity HPV assay on FLOQSwabs vaginal self-samples.Microbial Spectrum. 2024. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02872-23.
9. Saville M et al. J Clin Virol. 2020;127:104375.