Notes from the Field: Investigation of Infectious Disease Risks Associated with a Nontransplant Anatomical Donation Center – Arizona, 2014

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Bernard, Bruce P. ; Cohen, Nicole J. ; De Perio, Marie A. ; Delaney, Lisa J. ; Pesik, Nicki T.
• Description:
  CDC is investigating reports of potential occupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Mycobacterium tuberculosis among workers performing preparation and dissection procedures on human nontransplant anatomical materials at a nontransplant anatomical donation center in Arizona. CDC is working with Arizona public health officials to inform persons exposed to these potentially infected materials. Nontransplant anatomical centers around the United States process thousands of donated cadavers annually. These materials (which might be fresh, frozen, or chemically preserved) are used by universities and surgical instrument and pharmaceutical companies for medical education and research. The American Association of Tissue Banks has developed accreditation policies for nontransplant anatomical donation organizations (1). It also has written standards (1) that specify exclusion criteria for donor material, as well as use of proper environmental controls and safe work practices to prevent transmission of infectious agents during receipt and handling of nontransplant anatomical materials. At the center under investigation, which is now closed, these standards might not have been consistently implemented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Fluids Communicable Diseases Education Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services HIV Immune System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Viral Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Anatomy Body-fluids Contagious-diseases Employee-exposure Environmental-control Hazardous-materials Health-standards Hepatitis Humans Immunologic-disorders Infection-control Infectious-diseases Lung-disease Medical-facilities Medical-research Medical-sciences Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Standards Tissue-culture Viral-diseases Viral-infections Work-practices

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• 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:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; EPRO - Emergency Preparedness and Response Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044212
• Citation:
  MMWR 2014 May; 63(17):384-385
• Email:
  mdeperio@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cde512d31e852d8c55959f9e03cac227d07280085022c38f79b002abe54489afbed274f18ae7f00e318f72315f0e86456aeb474184ed5dbf3337ccefdfa99d25
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183204/cdc_183204_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 187.74 KB ]