"Feds Hold Confab for Health Worker"

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"Feds Hold Confab for Health Worker"

Bay Area Reporter (12/29/88) Vol. 18, No. 52, P. 13

"AIDS: Frontline Healthcare," a three-day conference beginning Sunday in Washington, D.C.'s Grand Hyatt Hotel, will start the process of instituting standards to protect America's health care workers from HIV and other deadly viruses. The idea for the conference came from a key recommendation of the Watkins Commission report, which noted that the health care force is already frightened and overburdened. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, James D. Watkins, and Dr. Anthony Fauci are among the speakers who will address the gathering of health care workers and policy makers. The conference will address the medical and legal risks health professionals risk, how they can protect themselves, and how they can adjust to the rigors of AIDS treatment and prevention.
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