Current StudentsGraduate Student Handbook
Policy E: Statement on AIDS and Universal Precautions
- Policy on Student's Responsibility in Caring for Patients with HIV
Infection
Students at the University of Connecticut Health Center are expected
to participate in the care of all patients to whom they are assigned
whose condition is within their realm of competence. They shall not
limit their involvement solely because the patient is or may be
seropositive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection or has
been diagnosed as having AIDS Related Complex (ARC) or AIDS. Students
are expected to obtain and utilize educational information to help
them understand the ways in which infection is transmitted and methods
they should employ to minimize their risk of acquisition. They should
be familiar with the concepts involved in "universal precautions." The
institution has a responsibility to provide its students with
appropriate educational offerings concerning AIDS and a safe work
environment.
- Policy of Management of Patients with Known or Suspected HIV
Infection
- Patients shall not be denied care solely on the basis of HIV
status or the presence of ARC or AIDS.
- Physicians, staff and employees of the University of Connecticut
Health Center have an obligation to provide competent, compassionate
care to patients regardless of the patient's condition.
- Physicians, staff and employees shall not refuse to provide
treatment or service for a patient whose condition is within his or
her realm of competence, solely because the patient is seropositive
for HIV infection or has been diagnosed as having ARC or AIDS.
- The University of Connecticut Health Center acknowledges its
responsibility to take reasonable steps to protect the employees and
staff by minimizing the risk of exposure to Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) and endorses the concept of universal precautions as
presented in the recommendations developed by the Centers for
Disease Control and applied by the Infection Control Committee.
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