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Patient on antiretrovirals – should I double glove?
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Patient on antiretrovirals – should I double glove?
Monday 17 March 2025, 12:25 PM

Universal precautions, such as gloving when appropriate, are called universal because they are to be used with everyone [Image: Anton on Unsplash]
Sexual health specialist Massimo Giola describes the stigmatising experience of one of his patients on pre-exposure prophylaxis
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