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In article <22501@sci.med.aids> deirdre@deeny.MV.COM (Deirdre) writes:
>In article <22469@sci.med.aids>, camilla@PrimeNet.Com (Camilla Cracchiolo)
>wrote:
>
>> The main thing is to protect yourself from contact with their 
>> bodily secretions.  All people I know who draw blood now wear
>> gloves on every patient.  In any kind of situation where blood
>> or secretions may spatter,  such as dental work, suctioning the
>> respiratory tract or surgery, the  full outfit including gloves,
>> gown, eye protection, mask, and in some  situations shoe protection
>> are mandatory.  If you have any cuts or cracks on your hands, gloves
>> are probably mandatory no matter what you're doing.  
>
>My dental hygenist also wears a full face shield (like woodturners do).
>Not just a surgical mask and eyeprotection.
>

This may or may not be appropriate garb, but a specific, extreme
reaction by one concerned  individual is hardly sound grounds for
driving  universal policy. 

Carlton

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