Testin_In_The_Medical_Field

Testin In The Medical Field “Mandatory Testing In The Medical Field” Should AIDS testing be mandatory in the medical field' Of course it should. In a study done by the Washington Post in 1989, it was found that 5,815 health care workers had AIDS, this included 42 surgeons. It is known that 40 of those 5,815 contracted it through infected patients. Which means when a person goes to the hospital for any reason any one there could have this disease and very easily pass it on to them unknowingly. Is this the kind of risk patients should have to take. Obviously they are there for some type of illness already, do we need to add a more serious one to the list. One way to narrow the risk of contracting AIDS through health care workers using mandatory testing is by having those health care workers who test positive reveal their results to their patients. Some people believe this is a breech of confidentiality. According to Dr. Lonnie Britow, an AMA Trustee in California, “The implications are different from any other test that can be run… other diseases don’t mean u lose your job and your insurance coverage” (Chicago Tribune, online). aids, patients, testing, health, dr, care, mandatory, workers, virus, risk, should, people, hospital, now, almaraz, times, through, results, procedures, known, infected, gloves, even, ama, york, whether, washington, surgical, protect, post, physicians, perform, passing, online, new