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Member 297520 · 05-02-2012, 04:29 PM

i did have one resident who screened a bunch of guys for HIV as part of their normal physical exam because she felt like it, a bunch turned out positive. props for her

i had to make those awkward result phone calls.

we still scrub in on HIV+ people, but the attendings usually tell us to double glove using the thick orthopedic ones.

05-02-2012, 04:29 PM	#6
Member 297520 Senior Member Status: Resident Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 396	i did have one resident who screened a bunch of guys for HIV as part of their normal physical exam because she felt like it, a bunch turned out positive. props for her i had to make those awkward result phone calls. we still scrub in on HIV+ people, but the attendings usually tell us to double glove using the thick orthopedic ones.