Jaime Carrera, a Hispanic man in his late 20s, is brought to Inner Urgent Care by coworkers when he injures his head in an accid
ent at a construction site where he is working. His head is bleeding profusely. As Jaime’s coworkers watch the health care team implement Standard Precautions for infection control, one of them, his own shirt and hands covered with Jaime’s blood, pulls the medical assistant aside and whispers frantically, “What are you doing? Does he have AIDS?” On what criteria do you base this response as the best therapeutic approach?
Healthcare workers play an important role in credibility of the medical record since they are recording the information and have been trusted not to share the information with anyone who is not authorized.
