Workplace Safety Concerns among Co-workers of Responder Returning from Ebola-Affected Country

Chan, Benjamin P.; Daly, Elizabeth R.; Talbot, Elizabeth A.

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Workplace Safety Concerns among Co-workers of Responder Returning from Ebola-Affected Country

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Nov 2015
By Chan, Benjamin P. ; Daly, Elizabeth R. ; Talbot, Elizabeth A.

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Chan, Benjamin P. ; Daly, Elizabeth R. ; Talbot, Elizabeth A.
Description:

We surveyed public health co-workers regarding attitudes toward a physician who returned to New Hampshire after volunteering in the West African Ebola outbreak. An unexpectedly large (18.0%) proportion of staff expressed discomfort with the Ebola responder returning to work. Employers should take proactive steps to address employee fears and concerns.
Subjects:

Adult Aged Female Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans Male Middle Aged Public Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Volunteers Workplace
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 21(11):2077-2079
Pubmed ID:

26488494
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4622258
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Africa, Western ; New Hampshire
Volume:

21
Issue:

11
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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