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Volume: 25S5 - August 1999

Proceedings of the National Varicella Consensus Conference
Montreal, Quebec
May 5-7, 1999

Conference General Recommendation

A definition of health care workers was recommended, based on the national Infection Control Guidelines for Occupational Health in Health Care Facilities⁽²⁾.  

General Recommendation

The definition of health care worker should include all individuals, including trainees, in health care settings (e.g. hospitals, ambulatory care settings, long-term care facilities) who may have the potential for acquiring or transmitting infectious agents during the course of their work. Volunteers who have direct patient contact should be considered as health care workers.

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