confusion with hiv donor screening and test

[manono]

i am confused...i donated blood at 8wks...i did this to know my status..and now nobody is calling me..do you think i am clean already ?because if im not somebody will call me right? unless they did not screen me properly..i am from philippines anyway..24 yrs old male..i dont know if that will help.

[manono]

i also forgot to tell, i also talked to a medtech and asked this questions like if there is a confirmatory test, she said yes...they will do a primary screening and then the confirmatory..im just not sure if i understood it correctly what she told me...yeah..i will get one soon...but don't you think that is a good indicator?and not to wori?

[thehotspotnow45]

ask him did they do the naat test

[troggs]

Only because this is probably the first part of the screening method-they know people like yourself, are misusing the bank for testing purposes. Why not save your energy / my energy / and the rest of the posters and the blood banks energies and get a proper test.

[manono]

i donated blood at 8wks post expo...i read a lot of forums before donating blood..i waited for 8 wks..because like they said, 2-6 wks i thinks is conclusive for healthy individual (correct me if im wrong)..

i talked to a doctor, and i told him what i did to know my status, well he said they will call me or find me if something is wrong with my blood, and since its been 2wks since i donated blood and nobody is calling, he said i can relax..that is a good indicator..

[thehotspotnow45]

http://www.cbbsweb.org/enf/2007/hivwbi_ptmgmt.html

[manono]

but why?isnt that a good indicator? in the questionaire that i answerd, there is a question there about the reason of  you donating blood is because you want to test for hiv,hepa,syphy and others(i forgot the other diseases)...so i think blood bank are also aware of this kind of behaviour..dont you think?