Can I trust my test results?

[Anxiouslyweighting]

Hello I’ve had my blood taken twice now to get tested because I unfortunately keep having issues with the phlebotomist and the requisition form. This second time I went in to get tested and went in as soon as she called my name I THINK. I say I think because I have anxiety which as some of you know can cause you to mishear things. My concern is that she didn’t actually call my name and therefore my test would get mistaken for somebody else’s. She also didn’t do the two identifying questions (whats your birthday etc) before drawing my blood. I did however give her my requisition form that has my name and all that.

Do phlebotomists usually check the requisition form before drawing blood to make sure it is a match to the patient they’re supposed to be attending? Or should I get tested a third time?

[Sara_MHModerator]

Your question has been fully answered by our members that you had no risk and do not need to test.

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[RubyWitch]

NO RISK. NO NEED TO TEST.

[CurfewX]

This is an HIV prevention forum.  We can't answer your questions about phlebotomy/clinic procedures in your area.  However, this sounds like a scenario completely invented by anxiety. Call the clinic and ask if you have questions.

We can only assist with determining whether the test you took renders your results conclusive or not.

[Anxiouslyweighting]

It was after a couple months around four. Do needle sticks represent a significant risk?

[CurfewX]

I have no idea what your first sentence is supposed to mean.

Needlesticks are  not a big concern.  In the entire 40-year history of HIV, only a handful of healthcare workers have been infected in a healthcare setting, and they would have had more needlesticks than your average citizen.  This is anxiety talking, not reality.

[Anxiouslyweighting]

Ok. Understandable. I had an experience where I performed oral on a male. He didn’t ejaculate although there could’ve been precum and I did chapped peeling skin in the corners of my lips as well as a popped pimple. Besides that no frottage or penetrative sex. What would the risk be considering the cracked skin around my mouth and how accurate would an RNA test be if I took it at 14 days post?

[AnxiousNoMore]

Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  ( penis, ejaculation, pimple, chapped skin, etc.). No hiv worries, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the worst that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this question. Did I do any of the 3? Then after you say "No, I didn't" then it's time to move on back to your happy life.