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HCCSCD Annual HIV and AIDS Training
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Testing and Resources
Lastly, if you feel that you have come in contact with someone infected with HIV/AIDS and may have been exposed to the virus, please contact your local HIV/AIDS testing centers.
http://dshs.texas.gov/hivstd/services/
Handling, Care, and Treatment of A Client Infected with HIV-AIDS
As always, treat our clients with dignity and respect and maintain professional boundaries.
Because a client may not disclose if they are HIV positive or have AIDS, always maintain professional physical boundaries. This means no more then a handshake.
Client Confidentiality
Do not document that a client has HIV or AIDS in casenotes, blue sheets or any other areas that can be disclosed to and/or viewed by others. Any medical documentation pertaining to a diagnosis such as HIV/AIDS should be contained in the file, however, casenotes should be noted as “terminal illness” when documenting or referencing this medical condition in case notes, blue sheets or other areas.
Information regarding HIV-AIDS testing and results is confidential and shall be maintained in a safe and secure manner. Access to this confidential information shall be restricted to only those persons who have been authorized to receive this information by law or with a duly executed release and waiver of confidentiality.
Texas Department of State Health Services: HIV-AIDS and the Workplace
HCCSCD Annual HIV and AIDS Training (2019)
How HIV is not transmitted
HIV is NOT spread by…
HIV does not survive long outside the human body (such as on surfaces) and it cannot reproduce outside a human host. It is not spread by:
•Air or water
•Mosquitoes, ticks or other insects
•Saliva, tears, or sweat that is not mixed with the blood of an HIV-positive person
•Shaking hands, hugging, sharing toilets, sharing dishes/drinking glasses, or closed-mouth or “social” kissing with someone who is HIV-positive
•Drinking fountains
•Other sexual activities that don’t involve the exchange of body fluids (for example, touching).
How do you get HIV or AIDS?
U.S. Statistics
1.1 Million
Presented by Staff Development
What is HIV/AIDS?
AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection, and not everyone who has HIV advances to this stage.
Without treatment, people who are diagnosed with AIDS typically survive about 3 years. Once someone has a dangerous opportunistic illness, life expectancy without treatment falls to about 1 year. People with AIDS need medical treatment to prevent death.