Originally Posted by
erdehoff
Then his blood sample erroneously tested positive for hepatitis and they gave him a lifetime ban, even though he never had hepatitis and subsequent tests confirmed that. He says that's the end of his do-gooding.
That's pretty much how I feel about giving blood now. While they never would tell me what I false positive'd on and told me that a secondary test came up clean, I have since had many tests (for other reasons) to make sure everything is ok with me.
I still han't been back since, but am pretty sure they'll still false positive on my blood every now and again and give me a 'caution' about giving blood. It's really not worth the hassle for me. The other option is to call and chat to one of their nurses who may or may not be able to give me information about whether the tests have changed, and what I may or may not have tested positive to. I think their answer may be to avoid giving blood 'just to be on the safe side'
