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Question
IF A DOCTOR IS HIV POSITIVE SHOULD HE TELL HIS PATIENTS BEFORE OPPERATING ON HIM OR HER?WHAT IF HE IS DOING SURGERY AND THE DR. GETS A BLOODY NOSE AND THE PATIENT IS OPPEND UP
No, healthcare workers are not required to tell patients of their HIV status. They are required however to use universal precautions which means they wear gloves, masks etc to create a barrier between them and other people. The protections go both ways with universal precautions.
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Kristen Brannock, MPH
Expertise
I can answer questions concerning HIV infection and AIDS. This includes ways it can and cannot be transmitted, how it is treated, how it affects the body and methods to protect yourself. I can also answer questions concerning safer sex and contraception.
Experience
I trained with the Red Cross to become an HIV/AIDS counselor and was a member of CARES- Carolina AIDS Resource Education Service in college.
I have an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education and conduct research in the field of HIV prevention. I also take continuing education courses in HIV/STI prevention periodically.
Education/Credentials
Master of Public Health
Health Behavior and Health Education
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
(formerly UNC-CH School of Public Health)
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