Test follow-up risk.

Australian Doctor,  March, 2007  by Lilienthal, Craig

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By Dr Craig Lilienthal.

Take our quiz on legal matters.

QUESTION 1

YOU work in a large medical centre and see a couple who request STI screening. They have been practising safe sex, are now in a stable relationship and wish to change their safe sex practices.

You order the tests but do not see the results and do not see the patients again. You later hear that the woman has become HIV positive and that her partner has fled the country.

Would you be liable if she sued you?

A. Yes, for not advising both of them of the need to see each others' test results before ...

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