What Employers Need to Know about Histoplasmosis [2021]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This fact sheet informs employers about histoplasmosis in the United States and how to prevent it in the workplace. Employers can use this fact sheet to understand what histoplasmosis is, to recognize activities that might expose workers to Histoplasma, and to learn methods to protect their workers from exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fungi Histoplasmosis Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Histoplasmosis; Fungal infections; Fungal diseases; Fungi; Preventive measures; Workers; Work environment; Risk factors; Protective measures
• Source:
  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. 2022-103, 2021 Dec; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2022103
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064117
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2022-100431
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2c8cc79230aeb0f96e6daa893d2032b09d9451ada754b7f1381ecc231827fe2ca98072b178feb20795af152c3c0db232275292bf1318b59e30044d993a17ba15
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112661/cdc_112661_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.36 MB ]