Some notes on the awareness of protection from bloodborne hazards: You have no way of knowing whether or not a person has a communicable disease, and the law states that they have their right to privacy—they do not have to tell you that they have a disease. The base way to handle this is to protect yourself EVERY TIME there is a choice you may come into contact with someone who you are assisting with bleeding, sickness, injury. Although you are not legally obligated to assist someone, morally it is the right thing to do. If you take some simple precautions as described above, the risk of infection becomes minimal. Being in a situation where you are going to assist someone is awkward enough, and with the fact that you are going to take precautions such as gloves, masks, etc., some people may ask, are you doing this, don’t you trust me?” A simple yet “Why straight forward response to this is, do you know I don’t have a disease?” “How
Some notes on the awareness of protection from bloodborne hazards: You have no way of knowing whether or not a person has a communicable disease, and the law states that they have their right to privacy—they do not have to tell you that they have a disease. The base way to handle this is to protect yourself EVERY TIME there is a choice you may come into contact with someone who you are assisting with bleeding, sickness, injury. Although you are not legally obligated to assist someone, morally it is the right thing to do. If you take some simple precautions as described above, the risk of infection becomes minimal. Being in a situation where you are going to assist someone is awkward enough, and with the fact that you are going to take precautions such as gloves, masks, etc., some people may ask, “Why are you doing this, don’t you trust me?” A simple yet straight forward response to this is, “How do you know I don’t have a disease?”
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