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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...
I find these figures to be quite alarming, why are our children not being taught this basic information in school. One in 5 adults are unaware they can catch HIV via sex without a condom and 55% of people surveyed didn't know that sharing needles and syringes can transmit the disease! Even more worryingly one in ten people thought you could catch it by kissing or an infected person spitting
Even worse than the alarming lack of knowledge 38% of people surveyed said if one of their co-workers was HIV positive they should be informed, the only jobs I can see where the other employees have any right to know their co-worker has HIV would be people in the sex industry (porn stars etc), I can't think of any logical reason why in a normal everyday working situation general employees should have the right to know personal medical information on another staff member - the first aiders and managers should have a knowledge for health and safety, although with that said most people with HIV are very responsible and wouldn't endanger anyone else.
Read the article for more information.
What do you think if one of your co-workers was HIV positive would you expect to be informed? Why?
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Factories that have such risks are supposed to have "teams" in place to respond when something like that happens. In fact, I think many workplaces do. They have to train a certain number of employees on first-aid, CPR, AED, etc. One of the first things taught in first-aid is blood born pathogens and how to protect yourself and the victim. I took all these classes for school (to teach early childhood) and we were trained to ALWAYS put on gloves first. Many people think that's wrong when someone is bleeding, but you still need to protect yourself and the child. For this reason I carry a small first aid kit in my diaper bag and it has a pair of sterile gloves in it. I don't want to hesitate to help someone because they're bleeding, but I also need to watch out for myself.
Mary - posted on 02/22/2011
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Christina, you can be actively employed as a nurse, physician, dentist or any other hands-on caregiver even if you are HIV positive. I think there was a time, back in the eighties and early nineties, when those with HIV were banned, but that is no longer the case.
I hate to break it to those of you against this, but caregivers are just as human as the rest of you, and are entitled to the same rights as the rest of society, including that of privacy. If your nurse or neurologist is HIV positive, you most likely will never know about it.
Amber - posted on 02/21/2011
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I wouldn't think that it was any of my business.
As for physicians, I wouldn't care if it was my GP. All she does is give us check-ups and write prescriptions. I wouldn't want anybody doing anything major though.
I looked it up from what I could find, the law says that people in the medical field do not have to disclose their own personal medical information unless they perform invasive procedures; then they must inform the patient before the procedure.