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From a physician and scientist... 1. Getting tested is a logical part of managing risk. 2. As mentioned by so many posters, your health care provider is legally obligated to maintain your confidence. As a health care provider, there is little you can tell me that will surprise me. I have seen/heard of it before caring for someone else. I cannot help advise if I do not know. So spill. 3. Insurance companies have little interest in whether (much less why) a test is performed that is in the realm of screening. Where they get interested is when they are on the hook for money. So if a test comes back (for example) HIV positive, they are most interested in managing the costs. 4. Edison Carter is correct. There is no test that guarantees safety. A test is part of risk management, but by itself does not constitute risk management. Choosing partners thoughtfully, using condoms, and so on are all part of the management strategy. Caveat swinger.

Do not use the blood supply as your test media-- BAD, BAD, BAD idea. What if they miss something and you infect someone ? If you can have sex with other people you have to be grown up enough to get tested. I'm a biochemist and you simply do not do this.