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TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1993

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THREE-PRONGED ACTION PLAN OF HIV INFECTION OUTLINED

THE DEPARTMENT

OF HEALTH

HAVE

OUT WORKED

A THREE-PRONGED HONG KONG THROUGH DR S H LEE,

HAEMOPHILIACS

ACTION PLAN IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT REPORTS ON A DENTIST IN

HIV AND INFECTED WITH

ON

OF HIV-INFECTION TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD PRODUCTS, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH,

SAID.

PUBLICITY;

TODAY (TUESDAY), DR ANNOUNCING THIS AT THE YEAR-END BRIEFING LEE SAID THE THREE LINES OF ACTION COVERED EDUCATION AND HIV INFECTION IN HEALTH CARE SETTING; AND THE SETTING UP OF AN AD

HAEMOPHILIACS THROUGH BLOOD PRODUCTS GROUP ON HIV INFECTION OF HONG KONG,

ON EDUCATION

AND

HOC IN

PUBLICITY, DR LEE SAID: **I PERSONALLY EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY

APPROACHED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON ON AIDS TO INTENSIFY EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY EFFORTS ON AIDS."

MEETING TO

THE COMMITTEE, DR LEE ADDED, AGREED AT YESTERDAY'S MOUNT A MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ON THE PREVENTION OF AIDS THIS YEAR.

A

DR LEE PROPOSED, AS FOR HIV INFECTION IN HEALTH CARE SETTING,

ENDORSED, THE ON AIDS

OF SETTING UP AND THE ADVISORY COUNCIL SPECIAL

HIV FORMULATE

FOR

INFECTED GUIDELINES ON STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND TO ADVISE

ENSURING THAT HIV INFECTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES.

WORKING GROUP

ΤΟ

HIV INFECTION OF IN ADDITION, DR LEE SAID AN AD HOC GROUP ON HAEMOPHILIACS THROUGH BLOOD PRODUCTS IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN SET UP.

THE TERMS OF REFERENCES OF THIS AD HOC GROUP ARE AS FOLLOWS:

*

TO ESTABLISH

THE

FACTS

REGARDING

TREATMENT OF

BLOOD

PRODUCTS IN HONG KONG FOR PREVENTING HIV TRANSMISSION;

TO EXAMINE THE ADEQUACY OF SUCH TREATMENT, HAVING REGARD INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS AT THE TIME;

то

*

TO ASSESS THE EXTENT TO WHICH HAVE BEEN INFECTED BY HIV THROUGH PRODUCTS AND IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF SUCH INFECTION; AND

IN HAEMOPHILIACS

TRANSFUSION

HONG

KONG OF SUCH

*

פיר

WHO CONTRACTED

IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE, FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE APPROPRIATE TO HONG KONG FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF HAEMOPHILIACS

OF HIV THROUGH TRANSFUSION

TO RECOMMEND ANY SPECIAL COURSE

THE

OF

SECRETARY ACTION

IN HONG KONG.

BLOOD PRODUCTS

OF SOME OF DEPARTMENT (GOPD) AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH,

DR LEE ALSO OUTLINED THE IMPLEMENTATION THIS YEAR THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO GENERAL OUT-PATIENT FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES (FHS), HEALTH EDUCATION, ORAL HEALTH AND NEW TARGET GROUPS.

GOPD

ON GOPD AND FHS, THE DIRECTOR SAID THESE INCLUDED EXTENSION

RECORD MEDICAL

SYSTEM INDIVIDUAL

CLINICS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PHASE II OF THE PERFORMANCE PLEDGE PROGRAMME.

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OF

THE

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