NIOSH Fast Facts: Home Healthcare Workers: How to Prevent Driving-Related Injuries

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• Alternative Title:
  NIOSH Fast Facts: Home Healthcare Workers: How to Prevent Driving-Related Injuries [English]
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Driving from client to client, home healthcare workers are at high risk for car accidents that could result in injury or death. Distracted driving, aggressive driving, lack of seatbelt use, driving while tired or after having used alcohol or drugs, poor weather conditions, and poorly maintained vehicles can all contribute to car accidents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  This is one in a series of six fast fact cards developed to provide practical advice for home healthcare workers and is based on NIOSH Hazard Review: Occupational Hazards in Home Healthcare, NIOSH Pub No. 2010-125.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational / Prevention & Control Accidents, Traffic Health Personnel Home Care Services Home Health Aides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Accident-prevention Accidents Health-care Health-care-personnel Injuries Injury-prevention Medical-care Medical-equipment Motor-vehicles Safety-education Safety-measures Transportation

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Fast Facts
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040332
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2012-122, 2012 Feb; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11733/cdc_11733_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 970.10 KB ]