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Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 2(b), of the Convention (in conjunction with point V of the report form). The Committee notes the Order of the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of 2 February 1994 to amend the Order respecting pay principles for employees in public health service establishments, particularly as regards the increase in the basic wage, night work supplements, allowances for work on Sundays and public holidays' and seniority allowances. It once again notes that the Government has not provided data on the number of persons leaving the profession, or on the number of persons employed in the private sector. It once again hopes that the Government will be in a position to supply the required information in its future reports.

Article 2, paragraph 3. The Government refers, in the context of the work carried out on the reform of primary health care, to the development of a new concept for programmes of courses, specialization and the tasks of the nursing personnel concerned. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the extent to which the employers' and workers' organizations concerned have been associated with the preparation of the concept of programmes and tasks referred to above. Furthermore, the Committee would once again be grateful if the Government would supply full information concerning the consultations which have been held or are held in the future with the above organizations with a view to the formulation of a policy for nursing services and nursing personnel.

Article 7. The Committee notes the Guidelines issued by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of 6 December 1993 concerning the occupational safety and health of personnel of the health service institutions using cytostatic medicaments. Furthermore, with reference to its 1990 general observation, which it reiterated in 1994, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures which have been taken or are envisaged, in consultation with the employers' and workers' organizations concerned, to take into account the particular risk to nursing personnel of accidental exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): such as conditions of work, confidentiality of test results, recognition that the cause of infection is occupational, etc.