Summative Assessment 13915

1.

The term HIV positive refers to an illness that will immediately cause a person to become ill.

2.

AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

3.

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

4.

People diagnosed with AIDS may get life threatening diseases called opportunistic infections, which are caused by microbes such as viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick.

5.

The term AIDS applies to the most advanced stages of HIV infection.

6.

Children may get the same opportunistic infections, as do adults with the disease. Examples are: Conjunctivitis (pink eye), Ear infections, Tonsillitis

7.

HIV does not cause AIDS.

1)Contact with infected blood.

2)Giving first aid when good safety practices are followed.

3)Contact of blood or other body fluids on unbroken skin.

4)Giving blood if you are not HIV-positive.

5)Caring for someone with HIV/AIDS when appropriate precautions are taken.

6)Sexual contact with an infected person.

7)Touching, hugging and shaking hands.

8)Mosquitoes or any other biting insects.

9)Coughing and sneezing.

10)Babies born to HIV-infected women.

11)Food and water.

11)Air.

12)Toilet seats.

13)Sharing clothes and bedding.

14)Swimming with a person who has HIV/AIDS.

1.  Gloves should be worn during contact with blood or other body fluids that could possibly contain visible blood, such as urine, feces, or vomit.

2.  No hugging or touching is allowed.

3.  Cuts, sores, or breaks on both the care giver’s and the patient’s exposed skin should be covered with bandages.

4.  Infected members must have their own cup, glass, spoon etc.

5.  Hands and other parts of the body should be washed immediately after contact with blood or other body fluids, and surfaces soiled with blood should be disinfected appropriately.

6.  Practices that increase the likelihood of blood contact, such as sharing of razors and toothbrushes, should be avoided.

7.  Toilets should be cleaned after an HIV positive person made use of it.

1

All HIV tests are conducted voluntary and counselling is available as part of the test.

2

An HIV infected person is not able to perform his everyday work.

3

Important lifestyle changes to boost the immune system and prevent re-infection are required from HIV positive persons.

4

A person may use antiretroviral drugs to slow down the development of HIV.

5

Sexual contact is the main method of transmitting the HI virus.

6

During the Acute HIV infection phase a person may develop a Flu-like or mild glandular–fever-like illness.

7

During the HIV well phase, infected persons look and feel healthy and can not infect other people.

8

During the HIV ill phase, a person is said to have AIDS.

9

You should not use a male condom at the same time as the female condom.

10

It is important to remove the condom immediately after ejaculation, otherwise fluid might leak out.

11

Vaseline or oils such as baby oil for lubrication have no effect on the condom.

12

It is the responsibility of only the male to use a condom.

13

Condoms are nearly 100% foolproof.

14

There are many better methods to prevent contracting a sexually transmitted disease than using a condom.

15

Using a condom consistently and correctly protects you and your partner from sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS.

16

The risk of HIV transmission from a pregnant woman to her baby is significantly reduced if she takes AZT during pregnancy, labour, and delivery, and her baby takes it for the first six weeks of life.

17

Spermicides can kill HIV.

18

Many people infected with HIV have no symptoms.

19

It is easy to know whether a sexual partner is infected with HIV.

20

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) increases the transmission of the HI Virus and should thus be treated.

21

People working together, even in very close contact, do not risk transmitting HIV infection unless they engage in activities that put an infectious body fluid into direct and intimate contact with someone else’s mucous membranes or bloodstream.

22

An HIV positive employee cannot be treated in the same manner than other employees.

23

HIV positive employees are also entitled to the same training, development and promotion opportunities as any other employee.

24

No employer can require that a job applicant have an HIV test before they are employed.

25

All blood should be treated as possibly infected with HIV.

26

First aid kits which include protective gloves and other devices should be available in the workplace.

27

Employees don’t need training to prevent HIV transmission when helping an injured person.

28

Wash your hands with soap and water before and after any form of first aid.

29

You should always wash your hands with soap and water after cleaning up blood or other body fluids.

30

You can use clean, thick cloth, clothing or any other suitable material as a barrier to stop bleeding and to avoid direct contact with blood.

31

When this compressive bandage is not efficient or possible, apply proximal pressure on the main artery.

32

Plastic bags should not be used as gloves for protection and for collecting any soiled material.

33

HIV infected people experience high levels of stress and should thus be emotionally supported.

34

Counsellors can offer ongoing support, information and advice to HIV positive people, their partners, friends and family.

35

A counsellor may tell others about your HIV status.

36

Children infected with HIV have the right to attend any school.

37

No employer can require that a job applicant have an HIV test before they are employed.

38

Any person with HIV/AIDS has the right to confidentiality.

39

Insurance companies may not refuse life insurance to people living with HIV.

40

People with HIV have the right to live their lives with respect, dignity and freedom from discrimination and blame.

41

HIV/AIDS will affect the life of every person in the country in some way.

42

AIDS will cause birth rates to decline due to deaths among people in relatively high fertility age groups as well as reduced fertility of HIV-infected women.

43

Poor households in South Africa carry the greatest burden but luckily have the required reserves available to cope with the disease.

44

Stigmatisation of HIV/AIDS often causes social rejection and alienation, and can compromise employment, housing, schooling and child-care responsibilities.

45

HIV infection may cost companies between 2 and 6% of salaries per year.

46

The following should not be calculated as cost concurred by HIV/AIDS to the business organization:

Absenteeism due to illness or funeral attendance; Lost skills; Training and recruitment costs; Reduced work performance and; Lower productivity.

47

By 2010, it is estimated that approximately 15% of highly skilled employees will have contracted HIV.

48

Over time the cost of HIV/AIDS will have no observable effect on most businesses, and international competitiveness will not be affected.

49

HIV can only be transmitted via sexual intercourse, needles or other sharp devices contaminated with infected blood; organ transplantation and blood transfusions; from an infected mother to her child during pregnancy or during the birth process or afterwards through breast milk.

50

HIV cannot be passed on through the sharing of utensils or cups, casual kissing, hugging, shaking of hands, toilet seats, air conditioning or through normal contact at the workplace.