Generally families with HIV+ children are not required to tell anyone about their child’s HIV because in every setting where a child MIGHT have an accident or blood spill of some kind, the adults in charge are already supposed to be practicing “universal precautions” on EVERY individual. (School nurse, dentist, daycare provider, etc. This is why your nurse ALWAYS wears gloves when you have your blood drawn.) Beyond those universal precautions, the risk is so unfathomably low for
everyone around your child that it’s not even worth mentioning... LITERALLY.
Again, the reason being that this ‘risk’ of someone accidentally contracting the virus in a non-sexual/drug needle/birth related way is over NINE HUNDRED TIMES LESS than the risk of death from putting your child in the CAR every day.
However, that being said, there are many OTHER reasons that DO make it “worth mentioning” that your child has HIV. Many parents have found that by being open and honest about their child's HIV status, they have been able to educate many people in their child's life and they do not have to live in fear of people finding out that their child is HIV positive.