FFQ: Hospital procedures and CM, also: HIV

[siggen1]

I have a couple of questions, which may or may not be tied to a fic, regarding hospitals and their procedures

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[authenticity]

I'm not sure about the HIV, but I do know about the hospitals.
Normally, if you are not next of kin, they are VERY (and I do mean VERY) paranoid about letting go of any information. HOWEVER, since Reid is part of the FBI and Hotch and Gideon are part of his team, I don't think that the hospitals could do much to withhold the information if they asked the doctors for it.

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[paradise_city]

To second this, I think the doctors would tell Gideon and only Gideon as the team leader, and then leave the further relaying of information to Gideon's discretion because Gideon and the team would obviously be well acquainted with HIPAA laws.

On the HIV front, hospitals have a very strict policy in place for responding to an HIV exposure (immediate testing and anti-retroviral doping, suggested counseling, a ton of paperwork to file, and a series of HIV tests [I believe my hospital stops testing at 6 months]). A law enforcement organization would probably have similar policies in place, and the team would probably be very familiar with them.

I hope some of that is applicable. :)

[nebula99]

If there was any risk of HIV transmission, as far as I am aware, the person would be given a course of antiretrovirals as a precaution and tested at regular intervals for at least 3 months.

[matociquala]

Yes. *Immediate* prophylactic antivirals, and tests at six weeks, three months, and six months.

If you test clean at three months, you are nearly always safe.

For an officer wounded in the line of duty, his superiors should be able to get whatever information was available.

What are the odds that Reid has listed one of the team (Hotch, Gideon, Garcia?) as emergency contact?

Pretty good, I'd say.

[siggen1]

You are right, of course, as always. But unfortunately, Reid was just an example:P

[matociquala]

:-P alas!