Sexual Health Basics - SNAP Together

Sexual Health is a crucial part of the adult sector.
New things are being discovered all the time. So please take a moment to refresh your knowledge as part of ongoing professional practice.

This info is helpful if you are production staff, a performer, content-creator, cam performer etc. Don't miss something important by assuming you were already up to date on all the subjects.

Please watch the videos below covering sexual health.

Info about certificates is beneath these videos.

Certificates

Please be aware many Sexual Health clinics can provide your test results as a certificate. Check that the clinic is not expecting a surcharge for this service, if they are please refer their staff to this self assessment site. The tool supports their clinic in this provision. Also the BASHH guidelines for Sex Worker services also states for clinics not to charge for certificates needed for work in porn

Certificates should contain:

Your legal name
Ensure that the clinician has seen your ID so that your certificate can have "ID seen" written on it. Check with the clinic as not all do this. This means when you present your certificate along with your ID at the production, it can be confirmed these are your results. This is also good practice in content-creation
Your date of birth
This can be used as for alternative ID confirmation
The date these tests were taken

If you are HIV negative:
HIV 1 & 2 Abs/P24 Ag screen, known as the "4th Generation HIV test"
If you are living with HIV:
Provide a copy of your latest Viral Load HIV test result along with your certificate, or use a HIV PCR test along with the certificate. The HIV PCR test is available privately at the clinics SNAP signposts to. You may have subsidised access via dominofound.com for other HIV situations and questions refer to the safety mechanisms mentioned in the PPSDpledge.com supplementary information page 1
Hepatitis B SAg
If you have been immunised, then the date of immunisation should be written on the certificate along with immunity level
Hepatitis C Ab
Syphilis IgG IgM
If you have had Syphilis before then a TPPA
Chlamydia PCR and Gonorrhoea PCR

For people with a vagina/front-hole: Swab site testing is recommended for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea rather than just a urine test. Please also have oral and rectal swabs done

For people with a penis: Have oral swabs done for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea in addition to your urine test. If you receive anal sex then rectal swabs will also required.
Genitals do not need to reach the back of your throat in order for an STI to become present there so please have your oral swab

If you are new do ask for a Hep B, Hep A and a HPV vaccination. Not all clinics will offer a Hep A or HPV vaccination so ask for your options

There are STIs that NHS clinics do not test for without you presenting with symptoms. Such as Mycoplasma Genitallium and Trichmoniases. So please aim to get tested for these minimum once a year privately
Lowered prices have been negotiated for you for certain tests with the private clinics listed on our clinic finder. These clinics will also help you access the HIV PCR test, paired with this page you may have this access subsidised for equal opportunity

Certificates

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