Nosocomial Poisoning Associated with Emergency Department Treatment of Organophosphate Toxicity – Georgia 2000

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Drenzek, C. L. ; Geller, R. J. ; Singleton, K. L. ; Tarantino, M. L. ; Toomey, K. E.
• Description:
  Emergency department (ED) staff caring for patients contaminated with toxic chemicals are at risk for developing toxicity from secondary contamination. This report describes three cases of occupational illnesses associated with organophosphate toxicity caused by exposure to a contaminated patient and underscores the importance of using personal protection equipment (PPE) and establishing and following decontamination procedures in EDs and other areas of acute care hospitals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Organophosphates Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Health-care Health-care-personnel Organo-phosphorus-compounds Personal-protective-equipment Protective-clothing Protective-equipment Protective-measures
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; 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:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031741
• Citation:
  MMWR 2001 Jan; 49(51):1156-1158
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6817d49daecdbe86ed33cae329609078b19ab02e83683f2654a10cdd7edc7982d2767ffe46c255c571d6290cafcb123f5c43d81a882c6148a02aa57650b39335
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183196/cdc_183196_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 40.69 KB ]