AIDS And Health Care Workers Leaflet
Dublin Core
Title
AIDS And Health Care Workers Leaflet
Subject
AIDS (Disease)
HIV (Viruses)
HIV/AIDS
HIV-positive persons
Terminal care (AIDS)
AIDS education
AIDS organisations
Description
Leaflet (accordion fold) entitled "AIDS And The Health Care Worker Third Edition". Front cover footer reads: "Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC. 1313 L Street N. W. Washington D.C."
First page, verso and recto: All of us, by now, have heard of AIDS ....
AIDS: Who is at risk?
Second page, verso panel 1 and 2: Precautions for health care workers and protection for people with AIDS: wash hands, wear gloves, dispose of needles properly, keep an ambubag at bedside. Includes four illustrations.
Recto panel 1: As Needed. Masks. Linen. None Needed. No Dietary Precautions. If the above precautions are followed.... Special Precautions for Pregnant women. Recto panel 2: What about reports of health care workers getting AIDS? The need for open, rational and informed discussion about AIDS. Responding to the patient's right to privacy.
Third page: AIDS information: The professional antidote to unwarranted fear. Includes a list of national, toll-free hotlines. Mentions the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C. and the National Gay Task Force, New York. States that the original version of this brochure was written by the AIDS Educational Committee of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 250, Hospital and Institutional Workers Union, 240 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. Also mentions a list of names of people involved in the AIDS Education Committee.
First page, verso and recto: All of us, by now, have heard of AIDS ....
AIDS: Who is at risk?
Second page, verso panel 1 and 2: Precautions for health care workers and protection for people with AIDS: wash hands, wear gloves, dispose of needles properly, keep an ambubag at bedside. Includes four illustrations.
Recto panel 1: As Needed. Masks. Linen. None Needed. No Dietary Precautions. If the above precautions are followed.... Special Precautions for Pregnant women. Recto panel 2: What about reports of health care workers getting AIDS? The need for open, rational and informed discussion about AIDS. Responding to the patient's right to privacy.
Third page: AIDS information: The professional antidote to unwarranted fear. Includes a list of national, toll-free hotlines. Mentions the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C. and the National Gay Task Force, New York. States that the original version of this brochure was written by the AIDS Educational Committee of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 250, Hospital and Institutional Workers Union, 240 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. Also mentions a list of names of people involved in the AIDS Education Committee.
Creator
AIDS Education Committee of Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Source
Arthur Leahy Collection
Rights
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Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
Leaflets
Text
Identifier
2017.21.5.1.829
Coverage
Washington, D.C.
United States of America
Citation
AIDS Education Committee of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), “AIDS And Health Care Workers Leaflet,” Cork LGBT Archive, accessed May 10, 2024, https://corklgbtarchive.com/items/show/910.