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Factors associated with tuberculin conversion in Canadian microbiology and pathology workers
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The risk of occupational tuberculosis (TB) infection and associated factors was estimated among all microbiology and pathology technicians and compared with a sample of nonclinical personnel in 17 Canadian acute care hospitals. Participants underwent tuberculin skin testing and completed questionnaires. Prior skin tests and vaccinations and all patients with TB hospitalized in the preceding 3 years were reviewed. Of the work areas where direction of air flow and air changes per hour were meas...
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Factors associated with tuberculin conversion in Canadian microbiology and pathology workers
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
; The risk of occupational tuberculosis (TB) infection and associated factors was estimated among all microbiology and pathology technicians and compared with a sample of nonclinical personnel in 17 Canadian acute care hospitals. Participants underwent tuberculin skin testing and completed
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Pawns in a game
The Press
; I read with surprise in Michael Bassett's column that laboratory workers' strikes are being masterminded by Deborah Powell (April 24). This is not true. Dr Powell's company, Contract Negotiation Services (CNS), provides services and advice to the Medical Laboratory Workers Union. All decisions are
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Strike enters third day
The Nelson Mail
; Laboratory workers were set to return to the negotiating table on Friday, as their week-long strike entered its third day. About 1200 laboratory workers at 16 district health boards, the New Zealand Blood Service and community laboratories walked off the job on Wednesday after pay talks broke down.
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Patients wait as lab staff walk out
The Nelson Mail
; A Nelson kidney transplant patient who now faces Christmas in hospital has no sympathy for laboratory workers whose seven-day strike is disrupting health services throughout the country. At 8am on Wednesday, 1200 laboratory workers walked off the job, forcing more than 2000 non-urgent operations,
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NEW PROTOCOLS NEEDED IN BIOLABS
The Boston Globe
; THE ACCIDENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION OF TULAREMIA TO LABORATORY WORKERS ("BACTERIUM INFECTED 3 AT BU BIOLAB," PAGE A1, JAN. 19) IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE HAZARD OF WORKING WITH MICROORGANISMS THAT ARE NOT IN A BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINET. IT IS COMMON PRACTICE TO EXAMINE
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Second strike at labs
The Press
; Medical laboratory workers are threatening to strike for a second time after their pay talks broke down again this week. The staff, who provide test results to help doctors identify and treat illnesses, went on strike last year after rejecting a pay increase of 4 per cent over two years. They are
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Lab staff strike to have `severe' effect
The Nelson Mail
; Nelson health professionals are warning a planned strike by medical laboratory workers will "severely affect'' the sector and are urging patients to plan ahead. Nationally, more than 1200 medical laboratory workers are planning to walk off the job for a week next Wednesday after failing to reach
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Further symptom of an unwell system?
The Nelson Mail
; The health laboratory workers' strike is now rolling through its second day, with 2000 operations postponed and 1200 staff taking a week off in pursuit of higher pay the Nelson Mail said in an editorial on Thursday. The strike follows a 10-day stoppage this month by radiographers at seven district
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Board braces for fresh strike action
The Nelson Mail
; Nelson Marlborough District Health Board is preparing for a new round of disruption even as medical laboratory workers returned to work on Friday after their two-day national strike. Members of the Medical Laboratory Workers Union ended their 48- hour national strike at 8am. The strike caused the
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Strike called off
The Nelson Mail
; A planned week-long laboratory workers' strike has been called off after the union settled a collective agreement with employers. Last week the union served strike notices on New Zealand's 17 health boards with public laboratory services. Medical Laboratory Workers Union spokeswoman Deborah Powell
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