Dr. Annalee Yassi’s work on occupational transmission of infectious diseases among health workers was profiled by Dr. Nancy Edwards, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health.
EVIDENCE IN ACTION: A TOOL TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE WORKERS
Dr. Yassi and her colleagues have partnered with the National Institute for Occupational Health in South Africa to roll out OHASIS across that country’s national health laboratory system, which has 349 labs and approximately 7,000 employees at 150 sites, and at three hospitals in the free state province. Her team is working with the US National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) to make OHASIS available at us hospitals. Spain, Ghana and Colombia have expressed interest, while Ecuador and the city of Vienna are in the planning stages of implementation.
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