ethical terms
Term that refers to the responsibility of healthcare providers to avoid causing harm to patients.
What is nonmaleficence?
The year Dr. David Acer was diagnosed with AIDS.
What is 1986?
The first case to document a case of HIV transmission in a healthcare setting/healthcare worker to a patient.
What is Kimberly Bergalis' case?
Kimberly Bergalis' case brought national attention to the transmission risks of this virus in healthcare settings.
What is HIV?
True or False: Kimberly Bergalis was initially aware of Dr. Acer's HIV status before her procedure.
What is false?
In the Kimberly Bergalis case, the principle of "do no harm" was questioned due to the transmission of HIV from Dr. Acer to patients. What ethical principle does "do no harm" refer to?
What is nonmaleficence?
Dr. David Acer continued practicing until this year.
What is 1990?
The name and profession of the healthcare profession that gave Kimberly Bergalis HIV.
Who is the Dr. David J. Acer the dentist?
Following the Bergalis case, there was an increased emphasis on this practice to ensure healthcare instruments did no transmit infections.
What is sterilization?
The CDC stands for this federal health agency involved in the case investigation.
What is Center for Disease Control and Prevention?
The debate around mandatory HIV testing for healthcare workers, brought up by Bergalis' case, involved balancing public safety with healthcare providers' privacy. Which ethical principle addresses the right to make independent choices?
What is autonomy?
The number of other patients that were confirmed to have been infected with HIV by Dr. Acer.
What is 6?
Where this case took place.
Where is Stuart, Florida?
Kimberly Bergalis testified before this U.S governing body to advocate for stricter health regulations.
What is Congress?
The CDC conducted this type of analysis to confirm the link between Dr. Acer's HIV strain and his infected patients.
What is molecular analysis?
The ethical principle this case highlights the most.
What is beneficence?
True or False: The CDC tested Kimberly's strain of HIV with Dr Acer's and they were almost the same.
What is true?
The month and year Kimberly Bergalis passed away.
What is December 1991?
Name one ethical debate sparked by Bergalis' case regarding healthcare workers' rights versus patient safety.
What is mandatory HIV testing for healthcare workers?
Name one potential method by which Dr. Acer's HIV could have been transmitted to his patients.
What is improper sterilization of instruments or accidental exposure during procedure?
In response to the case, some argued for mandatory disclosure of HIV status for healthcare providers performing invasive procedures, to protect the public. This raises questions of balancing public health with individual rights under this ethical framework.
What is justice?
True or false: Kimberly urged for mandatory HIV testing of healthcare workers?
What is true?
This is the specific type of dental procedure that Dr. Acer performed on Bergalis.
What is molar extraction?
This type of legislation was influenced by the Bergalis case to improve infection control practices in healthcare.
What is public health legislation on infection control?
This term describes the unintended spread of infection from a healthcare worker to a patient.
What is iatrogenic transmission?