Certification Quiz

When supporting someone living with HIV, it is important to?

Inform anybody in your workplace who is also working with them.

Use extra precautions when working with them, including additional infection control measures.

Support them as you would any other individual living with a health condition.

Find ways to reduce their contact with other people you are working with.

Why is it important to reduce HIV stigma?

HIV stigma can affect the mental wellbeing and health of someone living with HIV.

HIV stigma is based on outdated and incorrect information, and it fuels further misinformation.

HIV stigma is a real barrier which can stop people from getting tested for HIV or can stop people from staying on treatment.

All of the above

What can HIV stigma look like in a healthcare setting?

Following standard infection control procedures.

Not sharing someone’s HIV status with colleagues.

Using respectful language and sharing trusted facts.

Asking personal questions about someone’s HIV status.

A member of your team tells you that your new colleague is living with HIV. What is the correct response?

Say, ‘Thanks for telling me. I’ll make sure to take extra safety steps’.

Correct them, saying ‘It is not their place to share other peoples status’.

Speak to your manager and ask ‘why they are allowed to work with the team’.

Tell other colleagues about your new colleague’s status.

Which of the following actions is appropriate when supporting someone living with HIV?

Wearing double gloves.

Take extra precautions when working with them.

Speaking with someone about the HIV status in private, rather than in a public setting as you would with any other health condition.

Telling all your colleagues about their status, just in case they directly work with them.

PEP is an emergency treatment that can prevent someone from becoming HIV positive following a risk. In what timeframe must it be taken?

Straight after risk until 10 hours after risk.

Straight after risk until 24 hours after risk.

Straight after risk until 72 hours after risk.

Taken only if symptoms appear.

PrEP is a preventative medication which can stop someone from becoming HIV positive. Who is PrEP effective for:

Gay and bisexual men.

People who inject drugs.

Pregnant women.

PrEP is effective for everyone.

People living with HIV who consistently take their Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) can expect to:

Live full, healthy lives

Only have a few years of good health.

Need to change their medication every two years.

Always be worried about passing on HIV to their partners.

Which of the following statements is acceptable to say about someone living with HIV?

AIDS patient.

Suffering from HIV.

Spread HIV.

Acquired HIV.

What is PrEP?

A medication that can be taken before having sex to protect someone from acquiring HIV.

A medication that can be taken after sex to protect someone from acquiring HIV.

A medication that is taken by people living with HIV to live long, healthy lives.

A medication that is taken by someone who has had a needlestick injury.

Is it ok to share someone's HIV status with:

Another healthcare worker who is directly working with them, such as bringing them food.

Someone who is staying in the same room as them.

A worker with whom the person living with HIV has asked you to share their status with.

The cleaner who may clean their room and wash their bed covers.

Someone you are supporting informs you they are living with HIV. What is your response?

Inform them that you will need to tell the rest of your team.

Ask them how they became HIV positive.

Thank them for sharing, and say they won’t be treated any differently.

Inform them that you will need to do a risk assessment because of their status.

Which of the following is NOT a way HIV can be passed on?

Sharing injecting needles.

Unprotected sex with someone who has HIV and is not on treatment.

Sharing eating or drinking items such as forks or cups.

Blood transfusions with unscreened blood.

Why might someone living with HIV not share their status?

They are worried that once they share their status, they will be treated differently.

It is not relevant to the support they are receiving.

They have previously experienced HIV stigma from health and social care staff.

All of the above.

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