Infection control. HIV and the health care worker (Part 1).
Recent press attention on HIV infected health care workers has brought the issue of nurses' and hospitals' responsibility for notifying patients of their HIV status to the fore. In the first of two consecutive articles, the author outlines the Department of Health's guidance on the issue of nurses' responsibility.
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital