Reference no: EM133950190
SUBJECT: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LAWS AND BIOETHICS
Determine whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE.
1. If one would like to know which localities would have the highest cases of HIV, the office in-charge would be the Epidemiology Bureau under the Department of Health.
TRUE OR FALSE
2. A blood donor's blood was found to be reactive for HIV upon screening. The sample of the patient should be submitted to SACCL/SLH for confirmatory testing.
TRUE OR FALSE
3. The PNAC is headed by the Secretary of Health while the Secretariat is headed by an Executive Director.
TRUE OR FALSE
4. Mr. Dela Cruz's employer was told about his positive HIV status, his employer is not bound to medical confidentiality as he is not part of his health worker team nor professional care.
TRUE OR FALSE
5. Pre-test counseling includes an explanation on the steps involved in HIV testing, defining the meaning of a negative to that of a positive result, and discussing as well referral of a positive patient to health care services.
TRUE OR FALSE
6. Part of the AIDS Medium Term plan is to include programs that would inform the public about the modes of transmission of HIV.
TRUE OR FALSE
7. Mr. Paterno was in a vehicular accident and suffered from a massive blood loss which required the need for immediate blood transfusion. Prior to being transfused, his wife, has the right to have the blood unit retested for HIV and other blood borne pathogen.
TRUE OR FALSE