Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure

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  Whose fear is it anyway? People with HIV and dentists

  People with HIV are still failing to access good dental care, even though it’s in their interest. Do they assume dentists will still have issues treating them?...

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• UK considering lifting restrictions on health workers with HIV – as long as viral load is undetectable

  The Department of Health has opened a consultation on possible changes to its policy on the employment of people with HIV. The current ban on people with HIV performing specific procedures in surgery, dentistry and gynaecology may be lifted, ...

  01 December 2011 | Roger Pebody

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• Discrimination against doctors with HIV must end

  The UK has one of the strictest regulations governing HIV infected healthcare workers in the world; only Australia, Ireland, Italy, and Malta take a similar stance.

  18 May 2012 | BMJ

• Man Gets 12 Years For Giving Blood With HIV to Girl in China

  A Chinese man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for murder after giving HIV to a 12-year-old girl using a syringe with blood, China Daily reports.

  18 May 2012 | Poz magazine news

• With better HIV tests, should FDA end its ban on gay men donating blood?

  The federal ban, now three decades old, has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years as HIV detection tests and procedures for screening donated blood have improved greatly and blood shortages have become common.

  16 April 2012 | Washington Post

• Israel Health Ministry may end ban on blood donations from gay men

  Proposed change would allow men who had same-sex intercourse 10 or more years ago to donate blood that will be accepted by the blood bank.

  29 March 2012 | Haaretz

• Man Fights HIV Positive Organ Donation Ban to Save Partner

  "I want to save him," he said. "I want to give him part of my liver." But a federal law from the 1980's prevents HIV positive organ donation.

  22 March 2012 | First Coast News

• US: HHS weighs accepting men who have sex with men as blood donors

  The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) is seeking comments on designing a pilot program to create “alternative donor deferral criteria” for gay men.

  14 March 2012 | The Hill

• China: Compensate HIV Blood Disaster Victims

  This month, Chinese legislators are reviewing a ground-breaking proposal that would provide compensation to tens of thousands of victims of the HIV/AIDS tainted blood disaster. A new report, released today by Asia Catalyst, shows this compensation fund is urgently needed, since victims have been unable to get fair compensation on their own.

  07 March 2012 | Asia Catalyst

• About 70 new HIV cases found in Kyrgyz children

  Health officials in Kyrgyzstan say they have diagnosed 70 new cases of HIV among children during a widespread check following a scandal over transmission of the virus in hospitals.

  03 February 2012 | Kyiv Post

• American Red Cross Cited by FDA for Blood-Safety Rule Violations

  The American Red Cross, the biggest U.S. supplier of donated blood, failed to correct violations of blood-safety rules, raising the risk that ill-suited blood will be used in transfusions, U.S. regulators said.

  23 January 2012 | Bloomberg

• Indonesia Probes Bali Tattoo HIV Infection Report

  Indonesia is investigating the case of an Australian who is believed to have been infected with HIV while getting a tattoo on the resort island of Bali, an official said Monday.

  26 December 2011 | Jakarta Globe

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