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A member asked:
How come you have to get tested for a full year after occupational exposure to a needle when generally the hiv test is considered fine after 6 months?
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I agree: Much of the expense, dysfunction and inconvenience of health care, for physicians and patients, are due to medicolegal concerns even when probabilities are basically zero. I'm sorry you have to go through this.
Answered 12/28/2013
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