Bloodborne Pathogen Risk Reduction Activities in the Body Piercing and Tattooing Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Huy J ; Lehman EJ ; Levy E ; McCleery TZ ; Mobley A ; Viet SM
• Description:
  Background: This study examines how well regulations for bloodborne pathogens (BBPs), established primarily to reduce exposure risk for health care workers, are being followed by workers and employers in the tattooing and body piercing industry. Method: Twelve shops performing tattooing and/or body piercing (body art) in Pennsylvania and Texas were assessed for compliance with 5 administrative and 10 infection control standards for reducing exposure to BBPs. Results: All shops demonstrated compliance with infection control standards, but not with administrative standards, such as maintaining an exposure control plan, offering hepatitis B vaccine, and training staff. Shops staffed with members of professional body art organizations demonstrated higher compliance with the administrative standards. Shops in locations where the body art industry was regulated and shops in nonregulated locations demonstrated similar compliance, as did contractor- and employee-staffed shops. Conclusions: Regulations to control occupational exposure to BBPs have been in place since 1991. This study corroborates noncompliance with some standards within the body art industry reported by previous studies. Without notable enforcement, regulation at national, state, or local levels does not affect compliance. In this study, the factor most closely associated with compliance with administrative regulations was the artist's membership in a professional body art association. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases Hematologic Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Bloodborne Pathogens Bloodborne-pathogens Body Art Body Piercing Disease-control Disease-prevention Infection-control Infection Control Infectious-diseases OSHA Standards Tattoo

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• ISSN:
  0196-6553
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; R2P - Research 2 Practice
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  130-138
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036334
• Citation:
  Am J Infect Control 2010 Mar; 38(2):130-138
• Contact Point Address:
  Everett Lehman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Industrywide Studies Branch, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-13, Cincinnati, OH
• Email:
  Elehman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Infection Control
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187803/cdc_187803_DS1.pdf
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