[Answered]: You are working in a community health clinic and you…

You are working in a community health clinic and you have just taken C.Q., a 38-year-old woman, into the consultation room. C.Q. has been divorced for 5 years, has two daughters (ages 14 and 16), and works full time as a legal secretary. She is here for her yearly routine physical examination C.Q. states she is in a serious relationship, is contemplating marriage, and just wants to make certain she is “okay.” No abnormalities were noted during C.Q.’s physical examination. Blood was drawn for routine blood chemistries and hematology studies; since she has never been tested, C.Q. agrees to a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test. The physician requests you perform a rapid HIV test, which is an antibody test. Within 20 minutes, the results are available and are positive. 1. Does a positive rapid HIV test mean that C.Q. definitely has HIV? If it is negative, does it mean she definitely does not have HIV?