County of Orange
Health Care Agency

Juliette A. Poulson, RN, MN
Director

Mark B. Horton, MD, MSPH
Deputy Agency Director/Health Officer
Public Health Services

Mailing Address:
515 N. Sycamore St.
Santa Ana, Ca 92701

E-Mail: PublicInfo@ochca.com
 

For Immediate Release
MONDAY JUNE 25, 2001

Contact: Penny Weismuller, Dr. P.H.
(714) 834-8025

 
Orange County Health Care Agency Observes National HIV Testing Day

(Santa Ana) – The importance of HIV testing in providing early treatment and risk-reduction education is being stressed by the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) in its observance of National HIV Testing Day on Wednesday, June 27.

HCA provides free and anonymous HIV testing through a site located at 1725 W. 17^th Street in Santa Ana. Testing is offered Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. with extended hours until 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings. HIV testing is also offered on Wednesdays at a satellite facility in Anaheim and on Thursday afternoons at a satellite facility in San Juan Capistrano. For more information on the availability of HIV testing, call (714) 834-8787.

HIV testing is also offered at these additional Orange County locations:

• The Center in Garden Grove provides testing every other Saturday.

Call to very testing day - (714) 534-0862

• Laguna Beach Community Clinic - (949) 494-0761 ($5 donation requested)

• Huntington Beach Community Clinic - (714) 847-4222

County Health Officer Mark Horton, M.D., stressed that testing is the only way to know whether someone has human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV infection. "Don’t rely on symptoms to alert you to the need for HIV testing," Dr. Horton said. "Most people with HIV infection are unaware of any symptoms. If you may be at-risk of HIV infection because of blood-to-blood exposure or sexual contact, get tested and know your HIV status," Dr. Horton stated.

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