Word: consults
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...knows how many medical professionals harbor the blood-borne pathogen. But of the 153,000 reported cases of AIDS, about 4% have involved health-care workers, including 1,199 nurses, 679 physicians and 156 dentists and hygienists. Current CDC guidelines suggest that infected workers consult with peers about what duties to perform and that clinics and hospitals decide on a case-by-case basis what restrictions to impose in accordance with their state's rules and policies. Generally, HIV-infected staff members are allowed to practice freely as long as they follow standard infection-control techniques...
When angry Hungarian taxi drivers and truckers blocked roads after a gasoline price rise of 65%, the government backed off: the increase was halved, and officials agreed to consult with unions and other parties on price hikes. Similar protests have erupted in Bulgaria, where electricity is rationed as much as 12 hours a day and store shelves are barer than they were before the collapse of communism. There are even long lines for candles. Two weeks ago, the government announced a 100-day crash program aimed at reviving the crippled economy; the scheme includes some price liberalization and partial convertibility...
...idea of such a resolution to him, French President Mitterrand declared, "I said yes." But Mitterrand added that there would and should be no "automatisme" about the resolution. The apparent meaning: rather than starting to bomb without further ado once the deadline passed, the U.S. would be obliged to consult, presumably with the U.N.'s military staff committee, about what kind of military action to take and when...
...stepped onto the peddles of the machine. I looked at the instructions; the first one--written in bold letters--was to consult a physician...
...Consult a physician? For what? To tell me how to use the thing? I was about to get off and call UHS for an appointment, when I thought to myself, "How dangerous could this thing...