The client who has just been diagnosed as HIV-positive asks if he poses a health hazard to his co-workers in the secretarial pool. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "The only time you could make someone else sick is when you have Pneumocystis pneumonia."
B. "As long as you are taking your antiviral medications, you cannot transmit the virus to your co-workers."
C. "Unless your blood or other body fluids comes into contact with your co-workers, you are not a health risk to them."
D. "You should inform your co-workers of your HIV status so that they can take proper precautions to reduce their risk."
C
HIV transmission requires significant contact with contaminated body fluids. If his co-workers are immunocompetent, even the client's opportunistic infection will have no physical impact on these people.
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