HIV testing people who spit at police or health workers won't actually protect them
- Written by Nicholas Medland, Sexual health physician, epidemiologist, researcher. (President-elect and vice-president Australasian Society of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine), UNSW
ShutterstockPeople who expose a police officer or emergency worker to body fluids would be compelled to have their blood tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, under a proposed law in NSW.
But this law isn’t needed to protect first responders. We already have evidence-based protocols that are working well to protect them from...





