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Because you are known to be infected with HIV, you should be aware of the 
following Clinical Center HIV policy: 
1 . Your physician and/or the Clinical Center HIV counselor will offer you, and any 
current and/or ongoing sexual partner(s) (spouses are generally considered to 
be current or ongoing sexual partners) or needle-sharing partner(s) you identify, 
information on how to prevent the spread of HIV infection. 
2. Because the virus may be transmitted in several ways, it is important that you 
inform sexual and/or needle-sharing partner(s) that any, or all, of them may 
have been exposed to the HIV virus and encourage them to be tested. If you 
request it, staff at the Clinical Center will assist you in notifying your partner(s) 
and arrange counseling for them through an HIV counselor. 
3. Your diagnosis of HIV infection or AIDS will become a part of your Clinical 
Center medical record and, as such, will be protected from unauthorized 
disclosure by the Federal Privacy Act of 1974. In general, access to your 
medical record will be restricted to those health care professionals directly 
involved in your care or in the conduct of ongoing biomedical research, and 
information is not usually released to other third parties without your permission 
or that of your designated representative. However, there are some particular 
routine uses of such information of which you should be aware: 
a. If you are unwilling or unable to notify your partner(s) of your HIV 
infection, the Clinical Center is responsible for attempting to 
contact and inform them of their possible exposure to the virus. 
Reasonable attempts will be made to protect your identify . 
including withholding your name when notifying any partner(s) of 
their possible exposure. Some notification or counseling of 
current an/or ongoing partners may be carried out through 
arrangements with, or referral to, local public health agencies. 
b. Letters and a summary of your care at the Clinical Center will be sent to the 
physician who referred you here for treatment. 
c. The Clinical Center may report certain communicable diseases, including 
symptomatic HIV infection and AIDS, to appropriate State and Federal 
government agencies. 
d. Your records may be reviewed by representatives of the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) as a part of their monitoring of the trial. If any information 
about you is to be used in a publication or scientific presentation, you will not 
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