Guidelines for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus to health-care and public-safety workers.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This publication was developed to serve as a guideline for health care workers and deals with methods for reducing the risk of becoming infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or hepatitis-B at the workplace. The single most important source of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and hepatitis-B virus (HBV) in the workplace setting has been blood. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 12,000 health care workers whose jobs entail exposure to blood become infected with HBV each year. Those working in emergency medical or public safety sectors had increased risks. The risk of HIV infection in the workplace was discussed. Principles of infection control and their application to the job site were reviewed for emergency and public services workers and all those operating completely in hospital settings. Employer responsibilities were discussed, including: hepatitis-B vaccination; postexposure management; documentation of exposure; and procedures for disinfection, decontamination, and disposal. The use of personal protective equipment by fire and medical services workers was described. Guidelines were presented for infection control for law enforcement and correctional facility workers
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Air Pollutants, Occupational Communicable Diseases Correctional Facilities Emergency Responders Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Law Enforcement Morpholines Occupational Health Oxazines Personal Protective Equipment Safety Viral Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Viral-infections; AIDS-virus; Rescue-workers; Infection-control; Occupational-exposure; Personal-protective-equipment; Policemen; Correctional-facilities; Law-enforcement-workers; Health-care-personnel
• ISSN:
  2380-8950 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-46
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00203894 ; nn:00188274
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1989 Feb; :1-46
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:92fd7d320391505cdbf5b51ecd8b18b9c531dd1098a78b3a25314e1ddb35c6aaa576ab5244e907a70622775b7c1dc94f51bec51e808a6456d936639f5f1c630e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180244/cdc_180244_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.60 MB ]