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Workplace Safety Concerns Among Co-Workers Of Responder Returning From Ebola-Affected Country, Benjamin P. Chan, Elizabeth R. Daly, Elizabeth A. Talbot Oct 2015

Workplace Safety Concerns Among Co-Workers Of Responder Returning From Ebola-Affected Country, Benjamin P. Chan, Elizabeth R. Daly, Elizabeth A. Talbot

Dartmouth Scholarship

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.