Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 98-0027-2709: Stericycle, Inc., Morton, Washington

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• Personal Author:
  Boudreau, Yvonne A. ; Mortimer, Vincent D. ; Weber, Angela M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  At the request of Washington State's Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and Department of Health (DOH), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) evaluated the potential for occupational exposures to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and bloodborne pathogens from the processing of medical waste. Events leading to the request for technical assistance included an outbreak of suspected occupationally related tuberculosis (TB) among employees at Stericycle, Inc. in Morton, Washington. An initial site visit was conducted November 18-20, 1997, and a subsequent evaluation of the facility was performed January 26-29, 1998. The information contained in this report reflects conditions at the facility at the time of these evaluations. An interim report, including initial recommendations, was distributed on March 13, 1998.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Tuberculosis
• Keywords:
  Bacteria Exposures Hazard-Confirmed Health-hazard Infectious Waste Medical-evaluations Medical-wastes Medical Waste Medical Waste Treatment Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Occupational-safety-and-health OSHA Region 10 Pathogens Recommendations Site-visits TB

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9800272709
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Washington ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Braden, Christopher ; Cairns, Lisa ; Decker, John A. ; Johnson, Kammy ; Lovell, Patricia ; Martinez, Kenneth F. ; Mayer, Annyce ; Miller, Mary ; Neumeister, Charles ; Seitz, Teresa A. ; Stehr-Green, Paul ; Sussell, Aaron L. ; Valway, Sarah
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000030
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-145609
• 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 98-0027-2709, 1998 Oct ; :1-44
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9999 - Nonclassifiable establishments - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:825dfee117ca26a15aba2db7afb6f1fe447f842c429f229c65f995568664d2e4341bb1dd10b13bd80bd5f7f52e7e92cd98b01c4cadb60a79cdf01260eaaecca7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171053/cdc_171053_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 425.31 KB ]