Prison Staff Training And HIV

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HIV in Prisons and Jails

HIV and Correctional Settings Health Care in Prisons and Jails Prisoners With HIV Infection HIV Care for Prisoners Improving Your HIV Treatment Risk Factors While Incarcerated What Happens When HIV-Positive Prisoners Are Released? HIV and Correctional Settings People with HIV sometimes have to spend time in a jail or prison. Jails are usually operated by counties. Prisons are state or federal institutions. The rate of...

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Vindictive Staff with HIV

I have a member of my factory staff, who is now known as HIV positive, and sufferring from AIDS. We recently discovered that this guy, has been leaving his own seamen secretions and blood fluids in places where other members of staff, may come into...

Response from Lynne Gabriel

WorkPositive, Inc.

The most urgent issues you have here are behavioral. This is inappropriate conduct in the workplace and should be addressed as such. The first is the employee who is (alledgedly) exposing others to a potentially hazardous substance -- blood and/or... Read more »

Staff Fears regarding aHIV/AIDS patient

In a dental office, even with adequate information regarding HIV/AIDs, how do ally the concenrs, (mainly) fear of the office staff when a pt. checks they are HIV positive? ...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

With reliable, workplace-oriented, repeated education. It's the only way to manage in this situation. For a referral to a good provider, check with the CDC's Business Responds to AIDS program and ask for a referral. 800-458-5231. Once... Read more »

uninformed staff at testing site

hey doc,even though i am a consertive i hope you answer my question. Yesterday i had am oral HIV test. The nurse asked me about my sexual practices. I have been safe my whole life and only had 2 blowjobs unprotected. I have done my share of...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Why would I refuse to answer your question just because you're "consertive?" In general I find "consertive" types are the most in need of answers, because they are usually less sexually active and less sexually savvy... Read more »

DayCare Staff Anxiety Follow Up

I had asked you a question, here is a reminder:DayCare Staff AnxietyMar 1, 2009I work at a daycare, and I come in contact with kids bloody noses, knees and everything else they scrape. My question is, if any of these kids have HIV am I being safe if...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,As I previously mentioned, your worries are unwarranted and HIV testing would not have been recommended for your non-exposure. That said, yes, your test on August 26 is indeed definitively and conclusively negative. You are definitively and... Read more »

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hiv in prison

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Few Men Found to Get HIV in Prison- CDC Report

"HIV Transmission Among Male Inmates in a State Prison System --- Georgia, 1992-2005" April 21, 2006
(full CDC Report follows Washington Post article)

By David Brown
Washington... Read more »

HIV In Prisons-MYTHS-Tattooing

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Busted! Georgia Prison Study Shakes Down Some HIV Myths

by Laura Whitehorn

April 26, 2006A new study tracking HIV through the Georgia prison system is busting some myths about life behind bars and raising questions about... Read more »

HIV in prisons

Posted by curious_about, 3 Replies

I am interested in HIV healthcare in prisons. I honestly don't know much about what goes on inside, what the difficulties are. I've been thinking about it because I work at a place that provides HIV healthcare and there has been talk about... Read more »

Training & Information Managment Associate

Posted by Anonymous

SF AIDS Foundation seeks Part-time person to enhance education and moral of volunteers on the CA AIDS Hotline. REQ: 1 yr exp. supervising volunteers; BA degree prefd or exp. working in health ed. or soc. svcs, strong knowledge of HIV/AIDS, computer... Read more »

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