MALAMULO COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

DEPARTIMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

COURSE NAME : LAB ETHICS

LECTURES NAME : NYANDA A.M

STUDENT NAME: MISHECK MAGANGA

STUDENT ID # : BMS/22/688

ASSIGNMENT : EXPLAIN HOW PATIENT PARIVANCY IS KEPT AND

ITS IMPORTANCE
THIS REPORT WILL EXPLAIN HOW PATIENT PARIVANCY IS KEPT AND ITS IMPORTANCE

FIRST all patients are assisted in a lose room that only the client and professional
are allowed at a time because matter of healthy are sensitive to just allowed
anyone to temper with or o involve individuals that are not ethically matured and
not involved in a situation.

Second guardian are not allowed when helping patient to avoid publicity of patient
personal healthy statues are only allowed in case of patient under age or the
patient is unable to respond or to do anything or is unconscious.

And all the record are not allowed to be access by any one in the way that many
records are either systematically or in the record book they are addressed through
patient code or number or even date with an addition number at the end to avoid
identification in case the record book fall in wrong hands.

The record book are placed in a lockable rocker where all files are placed once the
shift is over and there is a break and when the book are full are there is need of
new ones to be started or replace the old and the book are not burn for future
record use

Some offices that are sensitive that to the extent that no one need to be informed
about it but people can identify the activities like HIV testing area and ARV
RECEIVING AREA are placed in black site to reduced patients information being
known / to increase patients privacy but also boost confidence since some of the
patient the are discouraged because of the location of the our facility most of the
time mostly those who have just recently contacted the virus and new in the
treatment.

The one conducting the test if related to the patient or are having special
connection in the community are not allowed to conduct such test because there
might be hurtled between them and patient may not feel comfortable in the
community that may reduce victim life span duel to stress some may end there life.

When reporting patient result if the test is sensitive like HIV the professional must
first evaluate the state of the client then report it or assign them another day when
they are stable and settled and if the patient and if not sensitive, all result are
reported in a close room for privacy

All results are coded with special system at the hospital words like negative and
positive and they are not given to and individual who is not involved in treating a
patient

Patient privacy is good because it improves the following:

1. Patient and doctor/professional trust

2. Improve the ability of patient to be open
3. Patient are encouraged to seek medical help once there is a medical / health
dysfunction
4. Can create a batter interaction between a patient and physician