Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 98-0185: Stericycle facility, Loma Linda, California

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• Personal Author:
  Boudreau, Yvonne A. ; Weber, Angela M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In October, 1998, NIOSH investigators reported the potential for occupational transmission of Mtb and bloodborne pathogens to workers at the Stericycle medical waste processing facility in Morton, Washington. Because there was a Stericycle facility in Loma Linda, California which operated a waste treatment process similar to the one at the Stericycle facility in Morton, Washington, the Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Health Services (OHBCDH) representatives requested the help of NIOSH to evaluate similar types of exposures at the Loma Linda facility. This letter summarizes the health hazard evaluation (HHE) conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at the Stericycle facility in Loma Linda, California. NIOSH investigated the potential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and bloodborne pathogen (hepatitis B, hepatitis C and the human immunodeficiency virus) transmission to employees from their exposure to medical waste.
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Communicable Diseases Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Hematologic Diseases Lung Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Tuberculosis Waste Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  AIdahoS-virus Bacterial-disease Bioaerosols Bloodborne-pathogens Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure-assessment Hazard-Confirmed Hazardous-materials Hepatitis Infectious Waste Medical-services Medical Waste Medical Waste Treatment Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Occupational-diseases Occupational-respiratory-disease OSHA Region 9 Refuse Systems Respiratory-system-disorders TB Tuberculosis Waste-treatment Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA980185
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  12 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Hartle, Richard ; McMillan, Robert ; Wilson, Joel
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024907
• 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, HETA 98-0185, 1999 Dec ; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4953 - Refuse systems - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:05b0c43c083912f701bf657376a8e338f488695a768cdede8f830dd582f81c159ade6f5928e91184223ab761cb53b7d3e2d10dcef37ccb6e639ad42f944ca64c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170806/cdc_170806_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 194.71 KB ]