But workplaces should always make them available for emergency responses. Surgeons, Nurses and Nurses Aides Only a few cases of virus transmission to health care workers have been reported. Surgeons, nurses and nurses aides, however, should take precautions to avoid needlestick injuries, cuts with sharp instruments and exposure through skin lesions to potentially infectious blood and body fluids. These people continuously handle infectious samples. Doctors, in diagnosing AIDS patients, carry out physical examinations and collect blood samples.
Laboratory technicians analyze potentially infected samples.
Although in Canada none of these professionals has been reported to have developed AIDS, they should always implement safe laboratory practices. Ambulance Workers Ambulance workers are potentially at risk because they attend accidents and fatalities. Ambulance workers perform first aid on individuals for whom no medical information is available. Blood contact is a possibility for workers when removing injured people from the scene of an accident. Dental Workers Dental workers are exposed daily to the blood and saliva of patients.