AIDS: the risk to you.

Abstract

Acquired immunodeficiency deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is atopic that currently grips the attention of many people in this country. How many surgical technologists have taken the time to study this subject and learn how we should respond? This article briefly reviews the microbiology and the transmission of AIDS, as well as discussing briefly the groups at high risk for contracting AIDS. Some elementary precautions for surgical technologists will be listed, and then the relevance of this topic for surgical technologists will be discussed. It is important for surgical technologists to understand how AIDS is transmitted, not only to prevent the immediate spread of the disease, but so that surgical technologists can help inform the nonmedical public about the disease and thereby help minimize panic and hysteria.