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Fear of AIDS and attrition among medical technologists
R R Gauch1, K B Feeney, J W Brown
1Public Administration Institute, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ 07070.
American Journal of Public Health
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Attitudes toward AIDS were measured by a survey of 212 attendees at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Society for Medical Technology. Twenty five percent of the respondents were considering leaving the profession because of a fear of AIDS. In addition, almost half would not have chosen the field knowing they would be handling HIV-positive samples. This high degree of concern may be an important factor contributing to the shortage of medical technologists.