TITLE:
Risk Control Countermeasures in HIV Occupational Exposure for Healthcare Workers and Police Officers
AUTHORS:
Shuyue Yan, Xiaozheng Lei, Li Zhou
KEYWORDS:
Occupational Exposure, Changes in Causative Factors, Universal Protection, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
JOURNAL NAME:
Chinese Studies,
Vol.11 No.3,
August
16,
2022
ABSTRACT: In recent years, due to changes in the social governance environment,
there have been a number of causative
factors that should not be overlooked in relation to HIV occupational exposure
among health care workers and front-line workers who handle HIV-infected
crime cases in China. Beijing Normal University project team deploys the
satisfaction with the effectiveness for occupational exposure prevention and
control on the special police brigade, in
search of more feasible risk control countermeasures. In contrast to the “lack
of protection knowledge and skills” and the “fluke mentality about the risk of
exposure”, it is more important to pay attention to the social discrimination
and other factors that cause some people with HIV to “deliberately conceal
their exposure” and even “commit the crime of malicious transmission”. In the
prevention and risk control of HIV occupational exposure, we should aim for
“zero infection”, fully implement the concept of “universal protection”, refine
the rules of safe disposal of sharp instruments, clarify the principles of
timely treatment, comprehensive reporting, confidentiality and informed consent
after exposure, strengthen life education, anti-discrimination and
de-stigmatization education, and improve the special support fund and insurance
provisions for occupational exposure.