• Train your staff on HIV / AIDS awareness and prevention
• Gloves should be worn if there is a danger of contact with blood / body fluids or contaminated materials
• Open wounds should be covered
• Hands should be washed after potential exposure to infection
• Needles and other contaminated material should be disposed of
• Any spillage of blood should be disinfected
• Accidents should be reported immediately
•  Protective equipment should be provided (depending on the nature of your business)

Rights and Responsibilities in protecting sexuality

The South African Constitution (1996) constitutes the following:

Equality

1.       Everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law.

2.       Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms.  To promote the achievement of equality, legislative and other measures designed to protect or advance persons, or categories of persons, disadvantaged by unfair discrimination may be taken.

3.       The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.

4.       No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds in terms of subsection (3). National legislation must be enacted to prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination.

5.       Discrimination on one or more of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair unless it is established that the discrimination is fair.

Human dignity

6.       Everyone has inherent dignity and the right to have their dignity respected and protected.