A nurse is preparing information to be distributed at a national conference on AIDS. What information should the nurse include regarding mandatory disclosure of AIDS status?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
◦ Every state requires that all sexual contacts of a person diagnosed with AIDS be contacted and treated.
◦ AIDS status must be disclosed to any health care provider who has cared for the patient within the last 18 months and to any future health care provider.
◦ In general AIDS status is considered confidential.
◦ All AIDS cases must be reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or to the state health department.
◦ All babies born in the United States are tested for presence of HIV at birth.
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