Document 0680
 DOCN  M9590680
 TI    Court upholds firing of nurse who refused to treat HIV patient.
       Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231
       ext. 5023.
 DT    9509
 SO    AIDS Policy Law. 1995 Feb 10;10(2):3-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       AIDS/95700164
 AB    A Federal appeals court has upheld the firing of a nurse who, because of
       her pregnancy, refused to care for an HIV patient. Pamela Armstrong, a
       nurse in the Home Care Services Division of Flowers Hospital in Dothan,
       AL, argued that exposure to an HIV-positive patient might harm her fetus
       even if she employed universal precaution protocols. The court rebuffed
       Armstrong's contention that her diagnosis of gestational diabetes put
       her at a higher risk for contracting illnesses from an HIV-positive
       patient.
 DE    Alabama  Community Health Nursing  Disease Transmission,
       Horizontal/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  Employment/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD
       Female  Government  Human  *Nurses  *Occupational Exposure  Pregnancy
       Pregnancy Trimester, First  Universal Precautions  NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

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