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Mandatory disease testing bill ‘could put officers at risk’: NSW Health – NEWS.com.au
Mandatory disease testing bill ‘could put officers at risk’: NSW Health

NSW Health says a proposed law enabling authorities to force people to undergo testing for bloodborne diseases could actually put frontline workers at greater risk. The department’s evidence to a parliamentary committee came as a senior NSW police official said it’s “not unusual” for officers to get pelted with faeces mixed with blood.
Getting bitten, spat on, or splashed with blood are some of the unfortunate realities faced on the job by emergency and prison workers, and come with the additional…
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