Who was the first health care provider to acquire AIDS? 1. Linda Rich

QUESTION

Who was the first health care provider to acquire AIDS?

1. Linda Richards
2. Clara Maass
3. Barbara Fassbinder
4. Sharon Lane

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 3

Barbara Fassbinder was infected with HIV while caring for a patient with AIDS. She is recognized as the first health care provided to acquire AIDS on the job and died as a result of her infection in 1994. Linda Richards is considered the first trained nurse in the United States. Clara Maass was a nurse who allowed herself to be bitten by a mosquito to prove a theory that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. She subsequently died of the disease. Sharon Lane was the only nurse to die as a result of enemy fire during the Vietnam War.