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Home Access Express(TM) is available at more than 1,700 Eckerd drug stores in 13 states across the country. Home Access Express(TM) allows people to anonymously collect a blood sample, access professional pre-test and post-test counseling 24-hours a day, seven days a week, and receive test results in three business days (excluding weekends).
Eckerd drug stores are located in: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
"With the addition of Eckerd, our products are now available in over 4,000 drug stores in the midwest, mid-atlantic, southern and southeastern states," said Jim Kammann, director of OTC marketing for Home Access. "We will continue to add major drug chains. Home Access expects to have a store shelf presence in all 50 states by the end of the year."
Eckerd Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is one of America's largest retail drug chains. Eckerd operates 1,727 drug stores in 13 states and 540 Eckerd Express one-hour photo labs in 11 states.
In July, Home Access received clearance to market its anonymous HIV-1 test system, Home Access Express(TM), the first anonymous testing and counseling system to be available nationwide.
Home Access is a privately held company dedicated to breaking the barriers in healthcare access by bringing people and technology together through telemedicine. Home Access' HIV home test services combine in-home specimen collection with clinical laboratory testing and medically-directed counseling and referrals.
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CONTACT: Home Access Health Corporation Kevin Johnson, 847/781-2504 kj@homeaccess.com or Eckerd Corporation Gerry Hoeppner, 813/399-6380
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