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This paper describes the process, the outcomes and examines the cost of this model. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study of gay and bisexual men (GBM) attending a STI testing service co-located in a sex-on-premises venue in Sydney city between the 1 November 2012 and 31 May 2014. Results: A total of 402 patrons had 499 testing episodes in the study period. Testing patrons were a median of 39.5 years of age, 221 (55%) were born overseas, 85 (21%) spoke a language other than English at home and 54 (13%) had a STI at first testing. A total of 105 (26%) testing patrons had never tested for a STI before. Of the 297 (74%) who had been tested before, 83 (21%) had not been tested within the last 12 months. A total of 77 STIs were detected in 63 people over 499 testing episodes, giving a STI positivity rate of 15% in the testing episodes. The prevalence of rectal chlamydia was the highest at 8% followed by pharyngeal gonorrhoea at 3%. A total of 97% of testing patrons were successfully relayed their results via their preferred methods within a median of 7.5 days. Conclusion: This paper highlights that offering STI screening in a community-based setting was an effective and low-cost alternative to traditional testing services.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/sh15174","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,23]],"date-time":"2016-05-23T11:38:26Z","timestamp":1464003506000},"page":"353-358","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["An alternative model of sexually transmissible infection testing in men attending a sex-on-premises venue in Sydney: a cross-sectional descriptive study"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Cherie","family":"Bennett","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ANSW Sexually Transmitted Infections Programs Unit, PO Box 1614, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia."},{"name":"BSydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, 8 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia."},{"name":"GCorresponding author. 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