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Your results

Your results

The health professional who organised your blood tests will give you your results.

 

What happens if the result is positive?

It the HIV test is positive, professional advice, help and support will be given to help you look after your health, and that of your baby, your partner and your family or whānau.

Pregnant women with HIV will be referred to a maternity hospital for specialist consultant care.

 

Can the results be wrong?

Sometimes results from an HIV test may not be clear – it is not clear whether or not the result is positive or negative. When the first test is not clear, a second blood test will be required and most of these will turn out to be negative.

Waiting for the result of the second test can be very stressful for the woman being tested. She will be supported by her Lead Maternity Carer, and other health professionals if required.

There is also a possibility that an HIV test may be negative, even though it is later found that the woman has HIV. This is usually because the woman was very recently infected with HIV, and the infection has not yet shown up in a blood test.