Thanks to its partnership with the American Social Health Association (ASHA), getSTDtested.com also offers counseling and treatment options to customers who want more information about their STD testing results. In some cases, getSTDtested.com users have the option of ordering STD treatment online as well. The site started as an answer that only the Internet could provide to the problems of privacy in STD testing. By visiting getSTDtested.com, people can take control of their STD status without visiting their primary care physician. In short, getSTDtested.com has ushered sexual health into the Information Age. GetSTDtested.com’s innovative system works by maintaining principles of privacy and choice: customers choose whether to test themselves in their homes or to visit one of more than 4,000 clinics that accept getSTDtested.com referrals. At-home testers then mail their samples to a testing lab and receive results within five business days. All results are kept 100% private. GetSTDtested.com offers its customers peace of mind, partly because of its accreditation seal from ASHA (the first of its kind). Whether they choose to test at home or in a clinic, customers use the same STD testing technology currently available in hospitals. And whatever their results, getSTDtested.com users have access to STD counselors online and over the phone. GetSTDtested.com was founded in 2009 by Tracey Powell, found of the country’s only FDA-approved resource for at-home HIV and hepatitis C testing. The company aims to promote STD awareness and education while destigmatizing STD testing and treatment and maintaining commitments to integrity, commitment, partnership, and innovation.Go to getSTDtested.com to order STD testing online.