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There are many incidents in the healthcare field where a patient or a worker can be injured or their safety is at risk. This 32 year old nurse at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). She works towards the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. When she finished her studies in nursing, she was an intern at Kinshasa’s General Provincial Referral Hospital where she first contracted HIV. One day, she accidentally pricked herself with a needle used on a HIV positive patient. She was unaware that this patient was HIV positive, but she reported the incident to her nursing officer. When she told him what happened, he advised her to get get a blood test. Her results were negative. Her intern year was over and she

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