Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Risk for Non-Hospital Based Healthcare Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Gershon RRM ; Gurney CA ; Hogan EK ; Qureshi KA ; Rosen JD
• Description:
  There are approximately 11 million healthcare workers (HCWs) in the United States, and these workers comprise the largest occupational group in the nation. Half of HCWs are employed in a nonhospital-based setting. Although the occupational risk for exposure to blood-borne pathogens has been well documented for the hospital-based workforce, little information is available for nonhospital-based HCWs. This article examines specific exposure risk factors, prevalence rates of blood-borne pathogen disease. and potential preventive strategies and risk management controls for the nonhospital-based HCW workforce. The authors' findings indicate that serious gaps remain in the understanding of the risk for these workers. including whether there are differences in the characteristics of work performed by the various occupational groups. More information is needed to identify the specific risks and exposure rates of this population of HCWs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Demography Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens Demographic-characteristics Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Medical-facilities Medical-personnel Nurses Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  1526-0046
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  497-518
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025962
• Citation:
  Clin Occup Environ Med 2002 Aug; 2(3):497-518
• Contact Point Address:
  Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 600 W 168th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10032
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Infectious Diseases
• Performing Organization:
  Columbia University Health Sciences, New York, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20040929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:684963ac737c0847928a7f6beda16bef9bfcd6e4147c3be54eaa044bed0f3054efd1fde733cb8832cca37df2829b290c126106a12689bddf4b1b0ab972ab515b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197117/cdc_197117_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.93 MB ]