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My hep b surface test result was border line and then final result was non reactive and in the comments it said confirmed by lab tech?

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Dr. Andrew Seibert answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

Need more info.: in order to interpret this properly we need the results of the rest of your hepatitis B profile, particularly your hepatitis B surface antibody and your hepatitis B surface antigen. It is also important to know your vaccination status to interpret these results. Good luck.

Answered 7/18/2015

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Borderline simply: means evidence of some antibody response to the antigen (glycoprotein group on surface) of the hepatitis virus used in the test; implying some form of exposure & response in the past which your immune system is still expressing. Confirmed simply means a lab technician somehow rechecked the lab test to have been performed (presumably correctly) by the equipment/kit utilized by the lab for the test.

Answered 7/18/2015

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