STI Appointments
STI Screening in the Student Health Service
STI screening is available here in the DCU Student Health Service. It is by appointment, you can book by contacting us on 01 700 5143 (Glasnevin) or 01 700 9215 (St Pats). We offer 2 types of appointments, depending on whether you have any symptoms of an STI or not.
The Preliminary check involves a consultation with the nurse, a swab or urine test plus a blood test.
The full STI test involves a doctor's consultation followed by an appointment with the nurse. This test involves bloods(HIV, Hepatiits, Syphilis) and a swab for the females (Chlyamdia and Gonorrhea) and a urine sample for the males (Chlyamdia and Gonorrhea).
Please ask reception for an urgent, same-day appointment if your symptoms are painful ie. blisters, pain in the vagina or genital area of recent onset.
Free at Home STI Checks - SH24
Free STI checks are now available from the HSE. Please order your home test kit from SH:24 HSE.
This service is a Sexual health service available 24/7. Free STI test kit, results in 7 days. Confidential testing, information, and advice in Ireland, in partnership with HSE.
PrEP
Please note the student health centre cannot provide prescriptions for PrEP.
The Mater Hospital (northside of Dublin) GUIDE clinic run a prep clinic, you can contact them directly for an appointment no referral needed. You can email: prep@mater.ie
You can book an appointment in St.James hospital (south side of Dublin) using the online booking portal on swiftqueue here : http://guideclinic.ie/sti-clinic/coming-to-see-us/book-an-appointment (scroll to the end of this webpage and click on "book a PrEP appointment" (its in a red box at the bottom of the page)).
Please note these appointments are released on Wednesdays and Thursdays for the following week and book up quickly.
Please follow this link to HSE approved suppliers of PrEP : https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/sexual-health/prep/where-to-get-prep/
Also please see the following link for more info on getting PrEP : https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/sexual-health/prep/how-to-get-prep/