This girl I know wants to donate blood, but what if she has HIV?!


Question: This girl I know wants to donate blood, but what if she has HIV?
On the blood donor questionnaire, they ask you if you've ever done intravenous drugs, even once (because of the risk of HIV). A girl I know is going to donate, but I know FOR A FACT that she has done heroin several times. I overheard her say to other people that she's going to lie on the form and say she's never done drugs. Should I tell someone? What if she gives has HIV and gives it to someone else with her blood?? I'd feel terrible if that happened, knowing that I possibly could have stopped it.

Answers:

They will test her blood for HIV. A lot of people have HIV and don't know it, and also people have been known to lie. So they test every donor.

So don't worry about it. They know what they're doing.



They do tests to to check for diseases before they give the blood to someone. The questionnaire is just the first check but they know some people don't realize they have a disease or just lie on the form.



This is why they test the blood. They know people lie so they actually test the blood before it goes into the blood bank.



of course they test every blood that is donated. so if you give blood and you come up positive they discard it.



They test the donated blood




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