Tutorial Questions ON HIV

1. How was HIV discovered?

2. Identify the modes of transmission of HIV.
3. What are the precautions that can be taken to prevent transmission of HIV
among humans.
4. A close family member in your household is diagnosed with AIDS. As a medical
officer, how will you advice the family in looking after this patient at home?
5. A man in his thirties is admitted to the medical ward with fever, weight loss for 2
weeks and a macular papular rash which appeared on his chest a couple of days
ago. The differential diagnosis includes HIV infection. How would you set about
to determine if exposure to HIV has occurred?
6. In a health camp being conducted in a school in Malabe, you have been asked to
talk about HIV and other STIs to the A level & O level students. How would you
set about doing this?
7. What are the ethical issues involved when a patient is diagnosed as HIV positive?
8. Identify the factors that have contributed to HIV /AIDS being the cause of a global
pandemic.
9. Apart from testing for HIV exposure , identify the other situations and the type of
tests where HIV testing is undertaken.
10.
How would you manage a situation where a HCW reports that she has been
exposed to blood and body fluids while performing a procedure on a patient?
Reference: Handout on MANAGEMENT OF HCW POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO
HBV, HCV OR HIV