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Tuberculosis and blood-borne infectious diseases: workplace conditions and practices of healthcare workers at three public hospitals in the Free State

Michelle EngelbrechtCentre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, BloemfonteinCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD, Senior Researcher,
André van RensburgCentre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
, MSocSC, Researcher,
Asta RauCentre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
, PhD, Senior Researcher,
Annalee YassiSchool of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Pofessor,
Jerry SpiegelSchool of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
, PhD, Professor,
Lyndsay O'HaraSchool of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
, MPH, PhD Student,
Elizabeth BryceRegional Medical Director for Infection Control, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, Canada
, MD FRCPC &
Lucky NophaleProvincial Occupational Health Unit and Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State
, MSocSC, Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner show all
Pages 23-28 | Published online: 07 Oct 2015

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Rodney Ehrlich, Nick van de Water & Annalee Yassi. (2018) Tuberculosis in health workers as an occupational disease. Anthropology Southern Africa 41:4, pages 309-322.
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Annalee Yassi, Prince A. Adu, Letshego Nophale & Muzimkhulu Zungu. (2016) Learning from a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve healthcare workers’ access to prevention and care for tuberculosis and HIV in Free State, South Africa: the pivotal role of information systems. Global Health Action 9:1.
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Edwin Wouters, André Janse van Rensburg, Michelle Engelbrecht, Veerle Buffel, Linda Campbell, Nina Sommerland, Asta Rau, G Kigozi, Josefien van Olmen & Caroline Masquillier. (2022) How the ‘HIV/TB co-epidemic–HIV stigma–TB stigma’ syndemic impacts on the use of occupational health services for TB in South African hospitals: a structural equation modelling analysis of the baseline data from the HaTSaH Study (cluster RCT). BMJ Open 12:4, pages e045477.
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Halim Ismail, Naiemy Reffin, Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh & Mohd Rohaizat Hassan. (2021) Compliance of Healthcare Worker’s toward Tuberculosis Preventive Measures in Workplace: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:20, pages 10864.
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Regiane Garcia, Jerry M. Spiegel, Annalee Yassi, Rodney Ehrlich, Paulo Romão, Elizabete A. Nunes, Muzimkhulu Zungu & Simphiwe Mabhele. (2020) Preventing Occupational Tuberculosis in Health Workers: An Analysis of State Responsibilities and Worker Rights in Mozambique. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:20, pages 7546.
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Sarah Burzoni, Philippe Duquenne, Gautier Mater & Luc Ferrari. (2020) Workplace Biological Risk Assessment: Review of Existing and Description of a Comprehensive Approach. Atmosphere 11:7, pages 741.
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Rodney Ehrlich, Jerry M. Spiegel, Prince Adu & Annalee Yassi. (2020) Current Guidelines for Protecting Health Workers from Occupational Tuberculosis Are Necessary, but Not Sufficient: Towards a Comprehensive Occupational Health Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:11, pages 3957.
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Annalee Yassi, Muzimkhulu Zungu, Jerry M. Spiegel, Barry Kistnasamy, Karen Lockhart, David Jones, Lyndsay M. O’Hara, Letshego Nophale, Elizabeth A. Bryce & Lincoln Darwin. (2016) Protecting health workers from infectious disease transmission: an exploration of a Canadian-South African partnership of partnerships. Globalization and Health 12:1.
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Edwin Wouters, Asta Rau, Michelle Engelbrecht, Kerry Uebel, Jacob Siegel, Caroline Masquillier, Gladys Kigozi, Nina Sommerland & Annalee Yassi. (2016) The Development and Piloting of Parallel Scales Measuring External and Internal HIV and Tuberculosis Stigma Among Healthcare Workers in the Free State Province, South Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases 62:suppl 3, pages S244-S254.
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Nathan N. O’Hara, Lilla Roy, Lyndsay M. O’Hara, Jerry M. Spiegel, Larry D. Lynd, J. Mark FitzGerald, Annalee Yassi, Letshego E. Nophale & Carlo A. Marra. (2015) Healthcare Worker Preferences for Active Tuberculosis Case Finding Programs in South Africa: A Best-Worst Scaling Choice Experiment. PLOS ONE 10:7, pages e0133304.
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