I've had several operations within the past five years and I haven't had an HIV test since I started with the surgeries (because I thought they tested for it). They always do pre-operative blood work andI was just curious if they tested for that. Any nurses, doctors, phlebotomists out there know?
2006-10-27 04:46:36 · 7 answers · asked by ears with feet 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
In the hospital i worked in yes, we did HIV tests an all the surgical patients because if that person has a badly damamged inmune system he could have complications after surgery.
2006-10-27 15:40:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIV tested has become a part of the regular series of blood test that you recieve when you are admitted into the hospital... such as when you have a baby... they test you and the baby... THEY HAVE PERMISSION WHEN YOU SIGN ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS...
2006-10-27 07:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by MsBusyBody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, The blood attempt formerly any substantial surgical technique is to verify for a large array of issues yet generally for indicators of infectious ailments & infectious circumstances that havent before been detected by the docs & nurses. substantial one's may be Hepatitis B, C, D & E as those could nicely be transmitted to surgeons for the time of the quite surgical technique. Which then for sure has severe impacts upon that surgeons ablity to function on different sufferers. The blood attempt might additionally look for issues like anaema and occasional white cellular counts, haemaglobin stages & purple blood cellular stages, blood platett stages, such assessments can be certain the presence of cancers or different blood bourn circumstances or lukaemia. finding for indicators that the blood clotts as popular,etc. **Blood assessments are additionally used to substantiate blood team or blood style in simple terms incase of substantial blood loss for the time of surgical technique so greater desirable nicely matched blood contraptions (transfusions) can settle for with out worry of the bodies immune gadget rejecting it which may be a existence & dying remember. IR
2016-10-16 11:24:13 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they always test for HIV before any surgeries.
2006-10-27 04:51:21 · answer #4 · answered by Laura D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i had operations but they dont test ur blood for hiv
2006-10-27 04:53:30 · answer #5 · answered by frawla 68 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you have to ask for a hiv test and it is a different test than what they check for before sergury.
2006-10-27 12:32:25 · answer #6 · answered by purple 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they only test with your permission it is the law
2006-10-27 06:09:21 · answer #7 · answered by C live 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋