how do blood tests work in an everyday situation? do labs have set tests they do to check for anything and everything or do they only do tests on blood for what they might be looking for? the reason i ask is my mom works in medical records and i need to have some blood work done next week for hemoglobin and relitivlly run of the mill things, i'm curiose to know what she may have access too about my lifestyle should she come accross my file.
2006-12-13 09:17:05 · 3 answers · asked by Catherine I 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Blood tests are done according to what your doctor orders. The only results will be for what is specifically ordered. Hope that helps ease your mind.
2006-12-13 09:24:04 · answer #1 · answered by pecasfamily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes different machines to run different blood tests. The machine that runs blood counts does not run cholesterol test for example. Often it is necessary to collect blood in different types of tubes for different blood tests. I am guess you are smoking, drinking or doing drugs that you don't want you mom to know about. You would have to do very specific tests to find these things.
Also you mother should not have access to you medical record, unless you are a minor. It would be a violation of law, and she could get fired for it.
2006-12-13 09:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should only order certain tests to be done on your blood. That wont stop her from possibly looking through your records at past stuff.
2006-12-13 09:27:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jamie C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋