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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HIV is not a standard test. When I had to get it for immune system deficiency, I had to sign off that it was ok and I approved. There was a section on the document about privacy, etc. The nurses have to be alerted you are being tested for HIV in most labs.[/quote] Depends on the state. In my state, we can override this if it is for medical necessity. Sometimes patients have such stigma against HIV but the alarm bells are going off and we have to make a judgement call to test for it. Or we have a patient come in with acute leukemia and we have to check before doing emergency treatment. For routine HIV screening with no risk factors we have to ask. I do think we shouldn’t have to ask and normalize it as part of a routine work up. sometimes it takes years for HIV to rear its ugly head. I’d rather us catch it early. [/quote]
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