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Originally Posted by jessie92x
What are the implications around HIV and Aids?
last question i am stuck on any help would be great thanks in advance.
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This is what I wrote:
"If a first aider is called upon to deal with an incident which involves blood, vomit or bodily waste, they must wear protective gloves to prevent contamination or cross infection. Clinical waste must be placed into the yellow bin located with the first aid station in the small hall. This is then disposed of by the site agent.
The virus that causes AIDS is called the HIV virus. It is only spread through bodily fluids (i.e. blood, semen, breast milk and vaginal fluids). The most common way of HIV being passed from one person to another are through unprotected ***, sharing of needles or from mother to child during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding. HIV cannot be spread through casual contact, or tears or sweat as these body fluids are not infectious".
Hope this helps
