OralQuick HIV test

[gaybranden]

The other night I had sex with another man and he took two oral quick HIV tests.  He is a friend of mine but lives a dangerous lifestyle.  I noticed before having him take the test that he took one drink of water.  The directions state that you must wait a minimum of 30 minutes before drinking any liquid.  So we smoked a cigarette and he took the test about 10 - 15 minutes after the drink of water.  Should I have him retest and should I be worried now for myself?  We did have anal-sex and used a condom.  However, the condom did break.  He did not cum inside of me as I was the one bottoming.  Should I be worried?  I would like help from any medical provider who sees this post.  Really worried.  Both tests he did take did come back negative but I am worried about that one sip of water.  I did call the OralQuick and they did tell me smoking doesn't hurt the test but he should retest because of the water.  

[mike_no]

The recommendation to not drink water before the specified time is in order to avoid getting an indeterminate result perhaps due to inadequate oral mucosal transudate.

Since your result was negative, there was enough fluid for the rapid test to check for antibodies to HIV, you might not need to retest.

[gaybranden]

That is what I was hoping for.  Just makes me nervous.  Thanks for the intel.  I am assuming I will be okay.  I feel a lot better knowing that even though he took a drink of water, he took two back-to-back tests and both were NEG.

[CurfewX]

This is a really confusing question with a lot of missing information.
1) you said he took two tests.  When did he take the other one?
2) how long was it from his last unprotected/condom break encounter to when he took the Oraquick?

He couldn't wait out the full 30 minutes after the sip of water to test?

[gaybranden]

Ok sorry about the miss information.  He took two tests back to back.  I wanted to make sure he was okay.  When I was getting the tests ready for him I noticed that he took a little drink of water from his bottle of water that he had.  We smoked a cigarette and I forgot that we needed to wait 30 minutes and he only waited for about 10-15.  Should I be really worried?  After the tests came back NEG I agreed to have sex with him the next day I realize that the directions stated 30 minutes.

[gaybranden]

While having sex that night the condom did break but he did not finish.

[CurfewX]

Please address my question #2 above.

[gaybranden]

Sorry, the last unprotected/condom break was about five months ago.

[gaybranden]

Ok sorry- he took both tests with me that night.  The last time he had unprotected sex with anyone was five months ago.  I wanted him to take two tests the same night to double-check that he was CLEAN.  The condom broke the night with me while having sex with him but that was the same night he took a drink of water and only waited about 10-15 minutes.

[CurfewX]

OK, that's good news - he took the test a sufficient amount of time since his last unprotected encounter.  
It is HIGHLY unlikely that a sip of water affected his test results.  Just get another test and follow the directions exactly to be certain.  

[gaybranden]

Ok, thank you very much.  I was thinking it would be okay since I had him take two tests back-to-back regardless of the water, but I will ask him to take another test.