Document 0693
 DOCN  M9550693
 TI    Response to news that an obstetrician/gynaecologist has AIDS.
 DT    9505
 AU    Hochuli V; Hyndman O; Porter K
 SO    Commun Dis Rep CDR Rev. 1995 Jan 6;5(1):R7-11. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95152634
 AB    This paper summarises the response of a district health authority, in
       March 1993, to the diagnosis of AIDS in a consultant
       obstetrician/gynaecologist. A helpline was established, facilities to
       test for HIV antibody were arranged, and patients upon whom the infected
       doctor had performed surgical procedures in the preceding 10 years were
       identified from local records. Letters were sent to patients who did not
       contact the helpline, with advice and the offer of HIV antibody testing.
       A total of 4594 National Health Service and private patients of the
       obstetrician/gynaecologist were identified, 1206 of whom (26%) were
       tested for HIV antibody. A further patient, who had other identified
       risks for HIV infection, had been known to be positive for anti-HIV
       since 1992. An additional 475 people who had not been treated by the
       doctor asked to be tested as a result of the publicity given to the
       incident. The estimated cost to the health authority of this patient
       notification exercise was 150,100 pounds.
 DE    *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/TRANSMISSION  *Contact Tracing
       *Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient  England  Female
       *Gynecology  Human  Male  *Obstetrics  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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