It is very important to distinguish nursing in a clinical setting from nursing or caring for a person in a home setting. It would be a grave mistake to discourage family or loved ones from providing love and care for an HIV/AIDS infected person due to fear of contracting HIV/AIDS. Bathing, Feeding, Hugging,Holding hands, Cleaning house or dishes, Sharing bathroom and sleeping together - all this are zero risk and proved not infectious on contracting the HIV/AIDS virus. As the care provided more medical and clinical in nature. Examples would be if you are doing dressing changes for an open wounds. Obviously utilising universal precautions like {glove} would be very necessary if not the possibilities of the infection is high.

It is very important to distinguish nursing in a clinical setting from nursing or caring for a person in a home setting. It would be a grave mistake to discourage family or loved ones from providing love and care for an HIV/AIDS infected person due to fear of contracting HIV/AIDS. Bathing, Feeding, Hugging,Holding hands, Cleaning house or dishes, Sharing bathroom and sleeping together - all this are zero risk and proved not infectious on contracting the HIV/AIDS virus. As the care provided more medical and clinical in nature. Examples would be if you are doing dressing changes for an open wounds. Obviously utilising universal precautions like {glove} would be very necessary if not the possibilities of the infection is high.