Re: Patna- Barbers trained on HIV AIDS Awareness

[Guest guest]

Dear FORUM,

I am happy that Dr. Tejaswi, is educating barbers for prevention of HIV\AIDS

through razors. I wonder whether it will be practical to soak a razor in a

solution for Sodium Hypochlorite for 30 minutes after every shave\hair cut. It

is not practrical. Though every barber must have promised you the same yet it is

not posible. Can a barber ask a customer to wait till the razor gets

disinfected? Any morning and on holidays and Sundays the barber shop is full

with customers.

The barbers do not get time even to lift their head. In such

a situation it is not possible to disinfect the razor unless until the barber

has a dozen razors for each barber. The solution lies in changing the blade

every time they use the razor on a new customer and not dis infecting the used

razor. Inorder to do this the customer s have to be educated to ensure that the

barber uses a new blade everytime. The disinfection of razors cannot be

monitored even in army where so much stress is laid on prevention of HIV\AIDS

through this source. With regards

Yours sincerely

Lt.Col. (Dr.)S.S.Verma (Retd.)

E-MAIL: <suren_verma@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear FORUM,

Re: Patna- Barbers trained on HIV AIDS Awareness

Its my suggestion that we encourage a small shop be opened in the immediate

vicinity of the barbers' shop by an enterprising person who in addition to

blades keeps other nick nacks, snack items, etc.

The barbers should insist on new blades being bought directly like we buy

disposabale syringes to get our kids immunised. Why leave it to the barber?

Leave it to the client. Insist on Barber displaying the dangers of using a

'used' though sterilised blade.

Indira

Indira Varadarajan

E-MAL: <indira@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear FORUM,

Re: Patna- Barbers trained on HIV AIDS Awareness

I have never heard any case of HIV infection who got HIV through razor .

Practically it is impossible to spread HIV through it.

Tanweer Rizvi

e-mail: <rizvitanweer@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear forum

We want to say that a razor cannot spread HIV infection. The idea behind

training barbers for HIV/AIDS issues is just to develop there shop as a hub of

information on HIV/AIDS and ST's. So that they can help illitrate/ignored person

on such issues.

Barbers shops can well utilized for IEC dissimination and condom distribution.

Deep Mala

Deep Mala Kaushal

e-mail: <deepa12313@...>