No more old school pap smear! You can choose to do your own Cervical Screening Test using a simple swab. | Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

Have you heard the latest news about cervical screening? 🗞️ When you do your 5-yearly Cervical Screening Test you can either: ➡️ do the test yourself using a swab 🩺or have a healthcare provider do your test. As part of our ‘Own It’ campaign we want women and people with a cervix to take ownership and feel empowered about their choices for the cervical screening process. It’s your Cervical Screening Test. Own it. For more information about cervical screening visit 💻 www.ownit.org.au | Australi

👉🏼The choice is yours! 👈🏼 Next time you’re due for your routine Cervical Screening Test, you can choose how the sample is collected. 👩🏻 Self-collection: you use a swab to collect a sample from your vagina yourself. 👩🏽‍⚕️ Healthcare provider-collected: your doctor or nurse will use a speculum and brush to collect a sample from your cervix. Both tests are a safe and accurate way to check for the human papillomavirus (HPV) – the cause of almost all cervical cancers. For more information on