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Occupational and Environmental Challenges and Effects of COVID-19 Testing Implementation Experienced by HIV Viral Load Laboratory Staff within a Public Health Sector Laboratory in South Africa

2026-02-22 occupational and environmental health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic required South African public sector HIV viral load (VL) laboratories to scale up Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing while maintaining essential HIV services. This placed additional pressure on diagnostic services. This dual mandate introduced significant occupational and environmental challenges (OEC) for staff that remain underexplored. ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the OEC and effects that staff experienced during t...

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