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Fac Notes. 1998 Nov-Dec;10(6):4-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/20700002
Murphy G; Murphy and McKnight, LLC, New Orleans.
Abstract: Most courts have interpreted the Americans with Disabilities Act to include health care workers (HCWs) and others with HIV and AIDS as having a life impairment. Therefore, the Act protects these people from discrimination in the work place or from their medical care provider. Some job activities of HIV-positive employees can be restricted if the activities are determined to be "exposure prone" procedures, defined in many cases to include certain surgical and dental procedures. The risk of infection to HCWs who treat HIV-positive people has been ruled not significant, although workers are not required to put themselves at risk in situations where no "reasonable accommodation" can be made. Guidelines governing various situations are outlined.
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