In case of condom break, the ideal reaction is to ask your client if he / she usually takes risks with other partners. This presupposes that you trust the customer’s answers : it’s up to you to know if you trust him or her.
After a risky intrecourse, do not wash your private parts in the shower. Jet pressure could increase the risk of contamination by creating microlesions on the mucous membranes. Go to pee, and push to get out the semen out of the vagina.
If a risk-taking is proven, it would be ideal to go as soon as possible (i.e immediately) to the emergency service of the nearest hospital and explain the situation to a doctor. Tell him that you have had more than 5 partners in the last 6 months and that the person with whom the condom broke also. This will justify to take a treatment called “post exposure prophylaxis“.
Post exposure prophylaxis is an anti-HIV treatment you’ll have to take for a month. It is CAPITAL that you start this treatment within 48 hours after taking the risk because the faster the treatment is taken, the more effective it is. It is important to know that this treatment will cost about CHF 2‘000.- and that it is reimbursed by the health insurance when it is prescribed in the context of emergencies.
It is also possible to convince your client to do the same day HIV test with you in a medical laboratory. Most laboratories charge this service at a relatively low price. You will both be very reassured if the result is negative. Be careful, however, it will leave a small margin of doubt as to the last 3 months before taking risk.
Addresses of partner labs:
You can also go to a partner lab Anabio, HIV test : 30 CHF, HIV + STI : 80 CHF – rue de Lausanne 67 – 1202 Geneva. Tel: 022 738 18 18
