Occupational Health Guidelines for Remediation Workers at Bacillus anthracis-Contaminated Sites – United States, 2001 – 2002

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Remediation workers involved in clean up and decontamination are potentially exposed to Bacillus anthracis spores while working in contaminated buildings along the paths of letters implicated in bioterrorism-related anthrax. Federal guidelines and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations for hazardous waste operations and hazardous material response workers (HAZWOPER) (1,2) provide information about surveillance for hazardous exposures, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and clothing, and a generic medical program but do not address anthrax specifically. CDC has developed the following guidelines to provide medical protection for current and future workers responsible for making B. anthracis-contaminated buildings safe for others to enter and occupy. This information will benefit medical directors and consultants who design and supervise medical components of the OSHA-required health and safety plan (HASP), health-care providers who implement these programs for onsite workers or who care for workers offsite, and site health and safety officers who coordinate onsite programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Bacterial Infections Biological Warfare Agents Engineering Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Administration Bacterial-disease Bacterial-infections Biological-weapons Decontamination Engineering-controls Hazardous-materials Hazardous-waste-cleanup Occupational-hazards Occupational-health-programs Personal-protective-equipment Respirators Surveillance-programs

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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:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  35
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022604
• Citation:
  MMWR 2002 Sep; 51(35):786-789
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183227/cdc_183227_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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