Woman sues dr for telling her she's HIV+

A cna does not need to know a pt's HIV status to give care.  That's why universal precautions are in place.  However, a nurse does need to know, in order to assure proper assessments of the patient's condition.  Reading a file if you are not giving medical care is a violation of HIPPA.  Discussing a patient with anyone who is not giving care is a violation of HIPPA.

i know cna's and when they give care they are given a run down (written) of patients illnesses. 

coconess wrote: f8dagrate wrote: coconess wrote:   i dont think thats correct f8..  i know that a medical assistant and caregiver are allowed to know the patients info..  I'm 100% sure girl that what I said is true, believe me If a cna not a caregiver, because there is a difference in the two. If a cna goes into a patients file to read it, they have violated Hippa. And medical ass. mostly deal with pt records. Idk why you brought them up anyway i brought them up because those are the ones that i know about for a fact because i have experience with those..  i am not positive about cna but a caregiver and cna are similar and id think that if a caregiver can know the patients info the cna can too.  as far as medical assistant i was more so referring to a clinical, not admin.

but not the same different setting different rules. anywho she will win

PeacefulOne wrote: A cna does not need to know a pt's HIV status to give care.  That's why universal precautions are in place.  However, a nurse does need to know, in order to assure proper assessments of the patient's condition.  Reading a file if you are not giving medical care is a violation of HIPPA.  Discussing a patient with anyone who is not giving care is a violation of HIPPA. I would highly doubt that any doctor worth his/her salt would touch a patient during surgery without doing an HIV test.  I know a doctor who died as a result of a cut during surgery on a Hep C positive patient. But I can bet the surgeon who did her bypass knew.  That's why she was sent to a specialist.  It was most likely already in her medical record.   She most likely knew she had HIV.  She is butt-hurt because now a second doctor and staff know too.   She may win a settlement, but that doen't mean she's right.  She'll get hush money, and probably go out and infect some poor sap, with her Miss New Booty attitude.

   thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhannkk you.. woooohh had me repeating myself too many times lol

I'm a cna in a hospital and one of the nurses and I was talking about patients who choose not have testing. She said she doesn't think its right they have the right to decide to have hiv testing because they can infect the nurse. I treat everyone with universal precautions because there are many more things in the hospital environment that is easier to catch than hiv. You have to walk on very thin lines with certain patients. Many of them are very ignorant and money hungry, so you have to cover your tracks as a healthcare provider or as I like to say Cover your Ass. I hope this doctor has good malpractice insurance.