Hiv testing

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Hiv testing

Asked for Female, 31 Years

I went to get blood drawn for an hiv/syphilis test at 11 30 fri, lab sent the results for both to my dr and 8:30 pm the same day. dr was in the office sat and release the results for the syphilis test online but did not release the results of the hiv test and did not call to tell me results. do most drs call right away if the results for hiv are + or do they do something before calling the patient? also, how long do all these lab tests take the lab to do? would add'l testing take longer than 8 h

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