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  • Title: SHEA proposes separate HIV, HBV strategies. Society for Health Care Epidemiology of America.
    Journal: AIDS Alert; 1998 May; 13(5):52-3. PubMed ID: 11365410.
    Abstract:
    The Society for Health Care Epidemiology of America (SHEA) advises different management for health care workers who are HIV-positive versus workers who have hepatitis B (HBV). HBV is 10 to 100 times more likely to be transmitted than HIV, and HBV continues to be reported, unlike HIV. SHEA does not endorse mandatory testing for providers nor notifying patients of providers' health status. However, SHEA does encourage providers who have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis C to voluntarily seek follow-up testing. Additionally, SHEA supports the rights of infected health care workers to continue to practice, unless they are known to have previously transmitted their infection. SHEA advocates that maintaining workers' confidentiality is the most important issue, and employers should make health programs available to impaired workers.
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