Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 92-0377-2625: Health and Rehabilitative Service, Office of Laboratory Services, Jacksonville, Florida

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• Personal Author:
  Bresler, Faye T. ; Trout, Douglas B. ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, an investigation was begun regarding occupational transmission of tuberculosis among state employees in laboratories where clinical specimens were processed. The Florida Health and Rehabilitative Services laboratories (SIC-8071) in Miami, Jacksonville and West Palm Beach were examined
  
  there were 95 employees at the three sites. Of these, 39 met the criteria for participation in the evaluation of tuberculin skin test conversion rates. Documented conversions were noted in nine persons between March 1989 and September 1992. Ventilation systems were evaluated at two of the three laboratories. The authors conclude that workers performing laboratory and clerical work with viable Mycobacterium- tuberculosis specimens may be at increased risk of becoming infected. However, the limitations of this study make it difficult to draw any definitive conclusions regarding the risk of occupational transmission of tuberculosis at these laboratories. The authors recommend specific measures to reduce the risk and improve the working environment.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Bacterial Infections Communicable Diseases Laboratories Occupational Health Safety Skin Tuberculosis Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Bacterial-infections Disease-transmission Hazard-Confirmed HETA-92-0377-2625 Infection-control Laboratory-acquired Infections Laboratory-workers Medical Laboratories Mycobacterium Tuberculosis NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 4 Skin-tests Skin Testing TB Tuberculosis Ventilation Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9203772625
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  22 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Crandall, Mike ; Kelly, John ; Marlow, Kate L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00237089
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-187397
• 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 92-0377-2625, 1997 Apr ; :1-21
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8071 - Medical laboratories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:22a928ffb769b3f4a2c9e4f3a0b7d7013fd2b442b21af0eb892175e92ffcc3a97fb9c129f38a7cb6a9ae0f8664c6e512346b4cbec8f90ea24365938a01af1635
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171124/cdc_171124_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 255.85 KB ]