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When dr orders "serious infection" blood test like hiv, does lab secretly take personal info from blood - like your dna / gene info to identify you?
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Confidentiality: The lab will be given your name and identifying information if you are tested for HIV or some other reportable disease, but the information is protected and can't be made public. The same is true if you have a reportable infectious disease in most jurisdictions. One branch of the government will know but cannot share it with others.
Answered 6/10/2014
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