AIDS AND NEEDLES A large manufacturer of medical supplies‚ Becton Dickinson dominates the market in disposable syringes and needles. Maryann Rockwood (fictional name)‚ a nurse used a Becton Dickinson 5 cc syringe and needle to draw blood from a patient known to be infected with AIDS. Ms. Rockwood worked in a clinic that served AIDS patients; this forces the nurses to draw blood from infected patients several times a day. On this particular day that she drew blood‚ she transferred the ADS contaminated
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Sociological Reactions to HIV/AIDS in the 80’s‚ 90’s and new Millennium In the early stages of identifying HIV‚ it was first believed that only certain individuals were able to become infected. This group was known as the 4-H group: homosexuals‚ hemophiliacs‚ heroin addicts and Haitians. The stigma of HIV was that it infected people with promiscuous or unclean ways. Jerry Falwell‚ a televangelist‚ fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor and conservative cofounder of the Moral Majority‚ became a
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while viruses take over whole the cell and then destroy P2 Explain how pathogenic micro-organisms grow and spread? Pathogen microorganisms grow if all right conditions are in place for it to expand i.e. appropriate temperature‚ reservoir‚ food and time. It can spread in several ways such as: flies‚ fingers‚ air‚ dust‚ droplets‚ water‚ food and body fluid. P3 Demonstrate standard precautions that would be used to prevent the spread of infection in a health or social care setting
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HIV AS A NATIONAL DISASTER IN KENYA The term ‘national disaster’ refers to the detrimental effect of a particular phenomenon whether natural or not which affects the population of a nation negatively in terms of loss of human lives or massive harm or injury to a large section of the population. In the year 1999‚ former president Daniel Arap Moi declared HIV/AIDS a national disaster in Kenya and called for the establishment of the National AIDS Control Council. HIV is a virus which causes progressive
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provisions have completely changed. During the early 19th century there have been a lot of deaths due to overcrowding‚ poor housing‚ dirt‚ poverty and diseases. After the industrial revolution origins public health began. The industrial revolution spread all over Britain during the 1800s. There was a huge increase of the number of factories due to the use of steam powered machines. People from countryside began to move to the city because if the number of factories so they could get better paid work
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Unit 21: Applied sport and exercise physiology Assignment 3 – Ergogenic Aids Ergogenetic aids are used to directly influence the physiological capacity of a particular body system thereby improving performance they also are used to remove psychological constraints which impact performance and increase the speed of recovery from training and competition. Every athlete wanting to improve their performance whatever they are trying to achieve wants to do it quickly and get good results. For example
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growth of Islam came from these reasons. Islam spread so rapidly because of the message‚ military conquest‚ trade‚ and political structure. THE MESSAGE Islam spread so quickly because of this four reasons. The main reason that Islam spread was the message. One important reason that Islam spread was the message helped the people of other religions to join the Muslim religion. In Document B it states “whoever killed a
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Zanele discovered that she had human rights and she questioned her role and status as a makoti (new bride‚ a newcomer to the family and a source of labour). She worried about HIV as well‚ after an alarming literacy discussion about how people get infected. Zanele decided to free herself from the marriage and from the danger of HIV infection by her town-dwelling husband. To get this freedom‚ she needed to leave her husband’s homestead and make a
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widely established in Buddhism‚ nevertheless‚ Buddha’s teachings‚ which originated from northern India‚ were spread all over Asia. As Buddhism spread to different countries with varying cultures‚ the Buddhist practices and religious beliefs were adapted to fit the local culture‚ without compromising the fundamental teachings involving compassion‚ wisdom‚ et cetera. Buddhism was widely spread throughout Asia‚ but was remained practically foreign in the West till modern times. About twenty decades ago
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Prison Offenders with AIDS Kaplan College Abstract Offenders living behind the walls of prison with AIDS is like the big pink elephant in prison‚ it is colossal but conspicuously avoided. In other words the disease’s presence is apparent‚ but a great deal of ignorance is still pervasive. Offenders living with HIV are still unfairly treated‚ which they try keep their status concealed‚ and justifiably so due to the treatment of the guards or other inmates. Over 27‚000 people entered NYC prisons
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