PMID- 12314207
OWN - PIP
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19860918
LR  - 20140214
DP  - 1986 Apr 30
TI  - AIDS guidelines.
PG  - 15A
AB  - The Sun article, "Employers finding that AIDS in the workplace is a managerial 
      nightmare" (April 3), did not accurately portray the status of AIDS in the 
      workplace. The AIDS virus, HTLV III, is transmitted by body fluids, primarily 
      semen and blood, and there is no known risk of transmitting the virus by casual 
      contact in the workplace. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released 
      guidelines for child care workers last August. Guidelines on preventing 
      transmission of AIDS in the workplace were issued by CDC in November 1985. These 
      guidelines specifically discussed health care, personal service, and food service 
      workers. The recommendations were against routine screening. Furthermore, 
      employment should not be restricted on the basis of a positive HTLV III antibody 
      test. A person with HTLV III infection should be exempt from the workplace only 
      if there are circumstances interfering with job performance. In Maryland, the 
      Governor's Task Force on AIDS has gone on record as endorsing CDC guidelines 
      related to employment. Furthermore, the task force condemns discrimination based 
      on the disease AIDS, AIDS Related Complex (ARC), or HTLV III infection. 
      Increasingly AIDS patients are being considered legally disabled and therefore 
      are protected by federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis 
      of a handicap. Marylanders who are subjected to mandatory HTLV III screening in 
      the workplace, or if discriminated against on the basis of HTLV III inefction, 
      should contact the Maryland Commission on Human Relations, the Maryland 
      Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, or the Health Education Resource 
      Organization (HERO). All 3 of these resources guarantee confidentiality. It is 
      only by employees reporting incidents that a nightmare in the workplace can be 
      avoided in Maryland.
CI  - full text
FAU - Berger, R
AU  - Berger R
LA  - eng
PT  - Letter
PL  - United States
TA  - Sun
JT  - Baltimore sun
JID - 101084448
MH  - *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
MH  - Americas
MH  - Developed Countries
MH  - Developing Countries
MH  - Disease
MH  - HIV Infections
MH  - Maryland
MH  - North America
MH  - *Prejudice
MH  - Social Problems
MH  - United States
MH  - Virus Diseases
OID - PIP: 037093
OID - POP: 00157878
OTO - PIP
OT  - *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--legal aspects
OT  - Americas
OT  - Developed Countries
OT  - Developing Countries
OT  - Diseases
OT  - Hiv Infections
OT  - Maryland
OT  - North America
OT  - *Northern America
OT  - *Social Discrimination
OT  - Social Problems
OT  - United States
OT  - Viral Diseases
GN  - PIP: TJ: BALTIMORE SUN
EDAT- 1986/04/30 00:00
MHDA- 2002/10/09 04:00
CRDT- 1986/04/30 00:00
PHST- 1986/04/30 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/10/09 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 1986/04/30 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sun. 1986 Apr 30:15A.