Protecting Workers from Anthrax Infection: Response from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In October 2001, anthrax attacks through the mail presented a new and deadly health threat to postal workers, government employees, and news media offices. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and NIOSH Recommended Personal Protective Health (NIOSH), a part of the U.S. Centers for Disease control Equipment and Engineering Controls: ease Control and Prevention (CDC), quickly sent scientists to every location where workers were at risk. NIOSH developed sampling procedures, recommended effective interim protective measures, safe guarded workers who decontaminated affected work places, assessed the effectiveness of decontamination, and disseminated information widely. When workers raised concerns about handling irradiated mail, NIOSH again mobilized to help answer their questions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Sampling-methods; Sampling; Protective-measures; Protective-equipment; Safety-measures; Safety-personnel; Infection-control; Infectious-diseases; Disease-control; Disease-prevention; Manual-materials-handling; Postal-employees
• 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. 2002-142, 2002 May; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2002142
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022041
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:97a90ba61a93a320ef669af2edc7e3d0d005bc0896df11a45788f2e3cdcdf56d7de0092907135ac32cb493620b38a09207ad11f5fae2528da355e399bba893de
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11600/cdc_11600_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 299.19 KB ]