HIV/AIDS Awareness (2/5)

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Bloodborne Pathogens and HIV/AIDS Training * Page 9  (2/5)  

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)


The following questions are intended to supplement and reinforce the information that you have learned about HIV & AIDS.
Check your knowledge about HIV & AIDS:



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AIDS is the acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

AIDS may develop over an 8-10 year period after the initial HIV infection. AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection, when the immune system has been severely damaged, which can lead to opportunistic infections and unusual types of cancers.
 

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HIV Is transmitted through contact with contaminated blood, semen, and vaginal fluids. It is not transmitted by casual contact with a person who is infected with HIV. The four most common methods of HIV transmission include sexual contact, sharing needles, blood-to-blood contact, and mother-to-baby infection.
Revised 6/14/2013

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Who is at risk for HIV?
  • Drug or steroid users who share needles and syringes
  • Unprotected sex (heterosexual and homosexual)
  • Blood transfusion or clotting factor from 1978-1985
  • Healthcare workers who got stuck with needles containing HIV-infected blood.
  • A less frequently cause is after infected blood gets into an open cut or mucous membrane of the eyes or nose

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To prevent infection with HIV, take special care when dealing with open wounds, breast milk, and blood. Specific precautions for avoiding infection with HIV Include:
  • Covering wounds on children and adults
  • Immediately washing skin on which breast milk has spilled
  • Using good hand washing procedures for children and adults
  • Wearing gloves when cleaning up blood spills

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Check your knowledge about HIV & AIDS:



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If information is disclosed, it can only be shared with those individuals who are approved by the guardian in writing. These individuals might or might not include the child care provider. Confidentiality laws require that child care facilities cannot share a child’s HIV status with guardians of other children in the program.

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The ADA specifies that children cannot be denied admission to child care facilities on the basis of their disability, including HIV status. The only exception to the ADA law applies to cases when the presence of the disability is a direct threat to the health or safety of others.
For more information visit: https://www.ada.gov/hiv/ 

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Blood Borne Pathogens and HIV/AIDS Training  for Child Care Professionals
Supplement and Reinforce your Knowledge

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