Precaution
for First Aiders
Precautions
for First Aiders
Because it is not possible to tell if someone has HIV,
it is important that a first aid worker covers up any
sores, cuts or scratches on their own hands or body,
with waterproof plasters.
Then
when they are helping someone who has cut themselves
or who has had an accident causing blood, menstrual
fluid, pus or semen to be released, these fluids will
not get into their own bodies.
Any
splashes should be washed off immediately with soap
and water, and any spilled fluids mopped up at once,
and then everything wiped over with diluted bleach (sodium
hypochiorite, eau de Javel).
All
the cleaning clothes should either be burnt, or be boiled
for 20 minutes before being reused. In this way First
Aid workers will be protected.
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