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091<br />

<strong>Union</strong>-Endicott<br />

*Western<br />

""tests for presence of HIV antibodies<br />

-If HIV antibodies ARE present, a second ELISA test will<br />

be performed on that same person<br />

Blot test<br />

-rnore specific than ELISA test in detecting antibodies<br />

~~~~~_"'---=-:m~o=--=-r-=-e-=e~xpensive and harder to eerform than ELISA<br />

-will be performed after 2 positive ELISA tests<br />

NOTE: HIVantibody<br />

tests are 99.9~o accurate<br />

Confidential Testing<br />

-offered by many health dept's, doctor's, health clinics<br />

-per-soncl information is given to Dr.,I counselor<br />

-results are entered into the person's medical records<br />

-people are then counseled<br />

Anonymous<br />

Testing<br />

-pr-ovided free by NYS Health Department<br />

"'given a code #, so when you return to get resuIts, it is<br />

anonymous<br />

-r-esults are not recorded in your medical records<br />

'" can change it to conf dentiai

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