Donating blood, a free std test?
While the Red Cross and other Blood Banks will test for a variety of diseases, it is best to try a free clinic instead. If you have only been recently exposed to an STD, the test may not detect it (it may even take a few months). If that is the case, you may potentially infect a patient who is too sick to fight the infection. You will be asked a series of questions before donating to try to determine if you are at high risk for such a transmission of disease, in which case you will be thanked but not accepted as a donor.
