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Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
Dispatch

Workplace Safety Concerns among Co-workers of Responder Returning from Ebola-Affected Country

Benjamin P. ChanComments to Author , Elizabeth R. Daly, and Elizabeth A. Talbot
Author affiliations: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, New Hampshire, USA (B.P. Chan, E.R. Daly, E.A. Talbot); Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA (E.A. Talbot)

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Table 2

Respondent comfort level with co-worker travel to an Ebola-affected country and co-worker contact with Ebola patients

Scenario No. paired responses, n = 178 No. (%) respondents
% Change (ratio) p value*
Travel with contact with Ebola patients Travel with no contact with Ebola patients
Uncomfortable with
Co-worker return to work 178 76 (42.7) 32 (18.0) --24.7 (2.4) <0.001
Walking in same hallway as co-worker 177 57 (32.2) 26 (14.7) −17.5 (2.2) <0.001
Being in same room as co-worker for 
meeting 176 65 (36.7) 30 (17.1) −19.6 (2.1) <0.001
Sitting in chair next to co-worker 177 88 (49.7) 63 (35.6) −14.1 (1.4) <0.001
Standing in line next to co-worker 177 78 (44.1) 47 (26.6) −17.5 (1.7) <0.001
Using same restroom as co-worker 176 77 (43.8) 40 (22.7) −21.1 (1.9) <0.001
Shaking hands with co-worker 176 85 (48.3) 52 (29.6) −18.7 (1.6) <0.001
Hugging co-worker 175 87 (49.7) 59 (33.7) −16.0 (1.5) <0.001
Riding in co-worker's car 177 81 (45.5) 51 (28.8) −16.7 (1.6) <0.001
Assisting co-worker if he/she fainted 177 95 (53.7) 62 (35.0) −18.7 (1.5) <0.001
Eating homemade food made by co-worker
176
95 (54.0)
67 (37.9)
−16.1 (1.4)
<0.001
Would consider not coming to work if co-worker returned 178 37 (20.8) 14 (7.9) −12.9 (2.6) <0.001
Would not attend party at co-worker’s home
176
125 (70.6)
82 (46.9)
−23.7 (1.5)
<0.001
*McNemar’s test for paired proportions.

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