Is an HIV test part of the blood workup before surgery?

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I'd like to know if the blood workup done before surgery includes testing for the HIV virus. Is that now routine when going through pre-admission testing? Thank you

-- sharon bram (sbb40@aol.com), March 31, 2002

Answers

An HIV blood test is not part of the standard blood workup before surgery. It is not standard routine at the Good Samaritan Hospital when going through pre-admission testing.

-- Deborah L. Ross (dross@jhem.jhmi.edu), April 05, 2002.

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