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Help Centre. You might find these helpful Recent posts Can the morning after pill delay period? Is rigevidon a mini pill? Browse topics STIs. It is good practice to be careful with any blood spill, because one can never tell if the person it came from has HIV or other blood borne infections. You can safely clean such blood spills with water and Clorox.
Persons who carry out body-piercing and tattoos should follow procedures called " Universal Precautions ", which are designed to protect both workers and their customers from the transmission of blood borne infections such as HIV and Hepatitis B.
The guidelines state that any instrument designed to penetrate the skin such as tattoo or acupuncture needles should be either used only once and discarded disposable , or should be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized after each use. When visiting the barber there is no risk of infection unless the skin is cut which may occur if the barber accidentally cuts you and if there is a transfer of infected blood.
If the instruments are contaminated with infected blood and are not sterilized between clients there is a risk of HIV transmission. Transmission of HIV in a health care setting is extremely rare. All health professionals are required to follow infection control procedures when caring for any patient. These procedures are called Universal Precautions for infection control.
They are designed to protect both patients and health care professionals from the transmission of blood borne diseases such as Hepatitis B and HIV. Unprotected sex sex without a condom places you at a high risk of contracting the virus whether it is with a commercial sex worker or anybody else.
Statistics from the Caribbean and several other parts of the world have shown that there is a higher prevalence or occurrence of HIV in commercial sex workers prostitutes. Therefore by having unprotected sex with a commercial sex worker the risk of contracting HIV is high.
HIV is transmitted sexually regardless of your sexual preference. Note however, that worldwide there is a higher prevalence of the virus in certain groups because of their sexual practices and therefore having unsafe sex with someone from one of these groups places you at a higher risk of contracting the virus. Men who have sex with men, commercial sex workers, and people who have a sexually transmitted infection are examples of such groups.
By following safe sexual practices using a condom every time you can reduce your chances of becoming infected. Whilst research suggests that high concentrations of HIV can sometimes be detected in pre cum, it is difficult to judge whether HIV is present in sufficient quantities for infection to occur.
To guard against the possibility of infection with HIV or any other STI it is best to practice safer sex - sex with a condom from start to finish. Women with HIV can transmit the virus to their fetus. However, the use of special drugs, during pregnancy and at birth, can help reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to child. For this reason it is important that every pregnant woman takes an HIV antibody-test. Medicines that reduce the chance of infection for the child are available for all pregnant women that are HIV infected and live on St.
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