Ethics and sexual health Flashcards
When should you disclose information about a partners sexual health?
If they are not having sex with a partner or are using methods to stop the spread of infection then they should not be told.
What about a healthcare worker that contracts HIV?
Start them on treatment
Review where they could get the infection
Able to resume work if HIV levels are below a certain level
Someone receives the anonymous text service for having an STI. Demands to know who told
Say it is confidential and we wouldn’t give any of her information away if she names her sexual partners
A woman starts seeing a man known to us to have HIV. Should we tell her?
You can disclose information to a person who has close contact with a patient who has a serious communicable disease if you think:
The person is at risk to infection
The patient has not informed them and cant be persuaded to
