Document ID (ISN) | 109910 |
CIS number |
09-944 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
2009 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Dreger M. |
Title |
ACOEM guidance statement - HIV and AIDS at the workplace |
Bibliographic information |
Feb. 2009, Vol.51, No.2, p.243-250. 82 ref. |
Abstract |
This guidance statement of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) addresses general issues of HIV and AIDS in the workplace. AIDS and HIV present tremendous challenges to infected individuals seeking to remain productive in the workplace, to employers coping with the special needs of such individuals and to physicians who treat and counsel exposed or infected personnel. Occupational physicians should strive to ensure that employers are familiar with legislation and guidelines protecting the rights of infected employees, and adopt workplace policies applying to employees with HIV infection or AIDS. Where there is potential for occupational HIV exposure, occupational physicians should assure that adequate training is provided concerning exposure, prevention and treatment. |
Descriptors (primary) |
plant health organization; USA; industrial physicians; occupational medicine; immunodeficiency syndrome |
Descriptors (secondary) |
health programmes; responsibilities of employers; legal aspects; role of management; medical supervision; medical examinations; employee rights; infectious diseases |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
HIV/AIDS Occupational health services Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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