A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Alert Sent to Hospitals and the Intentions of Hospital Decision Makers to Advocate for Latex Allergy Control Measures

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• Personal Author:
  Lachenmayr S ; Lewis J ; Lum M ; Maxfield A ; Tisdale J
• Description:
  This study evaluated a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alert concerning the risk and prevention of latex allergy among health care workers. It has been estimated that 8-12% of health care workers are sensitized to latex. NIOSH Alerts are publications that are intended to educate stakeholders about risks in the workplace; this Alert contained four recommendations for administrative control measures that hospital decision makers could adopt to reduce the risk of latex allergy to employees. The Alert was mailed to a random selection of Directors of Infection Control and Directors of Nursing in hospitals in the US. A random sample of these targeted recipients and a control group were surveyed by telephone (N = 298). Although nearly all of the respondents were concerned about latex allergy (96%), those reporting having seen the Alert were significantly more likely to report an intention to advocate for one or more of the control measures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Dust Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Compounds Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Animal-studies Cell-damage Cell-metabolism Cellular-reactions Cellular-respiration Cellular-transport-mechanism Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Dust-particles Humans Injuries Lung-cells Lung-disorders Lung-fibrosis Lung-irritants Pneumoconiosis Pulmonary-congestion Pulmonary-disorders Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicon-compounds Silicosis

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• ISSN:
  0268-1153
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  463-467
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032365
• Citation:
  Health Educ Res 2000 Aug; 15(4):463-467
• Contact Point Address:
  A Maxfield, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHH Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Health Education Research
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:75e69cc75fd718769c70f441883475bf7335f6651dd9c56aef90ad3dec98c90a42b6f5df26d26fc2988b4da16ab06ee15cfe6b0dee4aa638f78b4724b6402174
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186375/cdc_186375_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 60.72 KB ]