Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-93-0771-2437: Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association; Anchorage, Alaska

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• Personal Author:
  Martinez, Kenneth F. ; Weber, Angela M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from management at the Alaskan AIdahoS Assistance Association (SIC-8361), Anchorage, Alaska, an evaluation was conducted of the potential for Mycobacterium-tuberculosis transmission in a residential facility. Two duplexes were being renovated to provide housing for homeless human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected persons. A walk-through survey was conducted of one of the two duplexes. Architectural drawings and patient acceptance criteria were also reviewed. A room was selected for use in separating a suspected infectious individual from other residents, temporarily. Although the facility has a written protocol for acceptance of clients, it did not have a written tuberculosis control program covering the early identification of infected workers, including volunteers. The facility did not have a personal respiratory protection program. The authors conclude that a hazard exists for workers who will be exposed to individuals with infectious tuberculosis in the facility, due to deficiencies in the ventilation system and the lack of appropriate respiratory protection. The author recommends that administrative and engineering controls, as well as the use of appropriate respiratory protection, be used to reduce the risk of M-tuberculosis transmission in the facility, as well as during the transport of potentially infectious individuals.
• Subjects:
  Bacterial Infections Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Skin Tuberculosis Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  AIdahoS-virus Bacterial-infections Hazard-Confirmed Health-care-personnel HETA-93-0771-2437 HIV-infection And TB Infection-control Infectious-diseases Mycobacterium Tuberculosis NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 10 Respiratory-protective-equipment Skin Testing Social Services, Residential Care TB Tuberculosis Ventilation Viral-infections

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9307712437
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; 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:
  27 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kelly, John E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00222300
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-147278
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: 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 93-0771-2437, 1994 Jul ; :1-25
• Editor(s):
  Marlow, Kate L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8361 - Residential care - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5af3ee0ab46d0d7866470a67bd02bbbe176963aca1f06e9981fd1a56c4b31f16d4151614eb8c8372a366f42217f62f900ba00fc443185720fd0b489547ff2578
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171342/cdc_171342_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.05 MB ]