Norovirus in work 1 reply
Hi my partner has non hodgkin's lymphoma and I work in a hospital as a cleaner, on some wards there is norovirus, am I OK to still work on those wards with correct ppe.
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Hi my partner has non hodgkin's lymphoma and I work in a hospital as a cleaner, on some wards there is norovirus, am I OK to still work on those wards with correct ppe.
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