AIDS - HIV Infected Health Care Worker Policy

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Written by Occupational Health Nurse Consultant

In 2005 the Department of Health issued revised guidelines on the management of AIDS/HIV infected health care workers, including visiting health care workers and students.

These guidelines recommend the need for NHS Trusts to protect patients, to retain public confidence and to ensure that the confidentiality and employment rights of HIV infected Health care workers are respected and protected. Provided appropriate infection control precautions are adhered to scrupulously, the majority of procedures in the health care setting pose no risk of transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

This policy applies to all health care workers employed by Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including doctors, nurses, midwives, visiting health care workers, students and other professional who have direct clinical care of patients.

Under the Equality Act 2010 all people diagnosed with HIV infection are considered disabled.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:09 )

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