Can I Gget Checked for HIV/AIDS with no Giving My Name?

Posted on February 9th, 2008 by olga

If you want to get checked for HIV/AIDS, and you don’t feel like to give your name, you can prefer anonymous testing. At what time you go to get checked you do not have to give your name. You are given an exclusive code which you then make use of to make out your answers. You may be asked information about your age, gender or ethnicity, but this is for common statistical points and is not attached with your name. When you are given your test answers they are not recorded on your health record. Only you can make a decision if you want to give this information to a health care professional.
Nameless testing is typically proposed at clinics and by some health care providers. All provinces have HIV/AIDS testing sites but at the present only 8 provinces propose anonymous testing. Each province and territory has a HIV/AIDS hotline.
If you have a positive test result your sexual partners have to know that they might have been exposed to the virus. You can prefer to do this yourself, or you can get in touch with a public health nurse with information about your partners. Your sexual partners will be contacted and directed to be tested for HIV/AIDS, but your name will not be pointed out.