[Answered]: Daisha Estrada is in the clinic today

Daisha Estrada is in the clinic today. While you are escorting another patient, an 85-year-old woman, out to the waiting room, you and the patient overhear the lab tech and another nurse talking about Daisha’s lab results. They are discussing her vaginal smear coming back positive for gonorrhea. As you are escorting the elderly woman out to the waiting room she asks if gonorrhea is contagious. “Those two ladies in the hall were talking about having to report that woman’s lab result to the CDC. Wouldn’t you only be contacting the CDC if it were serious…can I get it from being here today?” Describe what the healthcare workers should have done differently. What would be the most appropriate action to take when wanting to discuss a patient’s health status in a place such as the clinic?