A negative HIV test means that a person is not showing evidence of infection with HIV. A negative test may also occur in the "window period" between infection and the time when the test may be expected to turn positive.
The patient is not tested for HIV prior to surgery.
Nurses are not routinely tested for HIV for employment in the US. HIV is not a barrier to working in the health care industry.
It is tested to determine if the body is producing antibodies to HIV.
Gonorrhea and HIV have the same risk factors. Patients with HIV should be tested annually for gonorrhea. All patients with gonorrhea should be tested for HIV.
You will need to be tested to confirm you have HIV.
You must be tested.
Very unlikely, unless you have had other exposures to the HIV since you last tested.
No it will not. HIV must be specifically tested for.
Do you mean what it means? If so, it means Human immunodeficiency virus.
AIDS means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and HIV means Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
hiv should not be kept a secret. If you have hiv you have a responsibility to inform anyone who may get it or have gotten it from you so they can be tested
Absolutely yes.