Compliance with bloodborne pathogen standards at eight correctional facilities

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• Personal Author:
  Gomaa, Ahmed ; Huy JM ; Lehman EJ ; Viet SM
• Description:
  This study had three objectives: (a) to examine compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogens (BBPs) Standard at eight correctional facilities, (b) to identify potential barriers to compliance, and (c) to discuss steps to address these barriers. Eight facilities of different sizes and locations were visited to examine employer adherence to 15 selected BBP risk reduction activities. Facility compliance was less than 50% for four activities: updating exposure control plans, implementing use of appropriate safer medical devices, soliciting employee input on selection of safer devices, and training medical staff when such devices are implemented. Inconsistent compliance may be due to difficulties in applying the standards in the correctional health care work setting. Any BBP training and health communication activities targeted to correctional health care workers should be tailored to the correctional facility setting. A 15 minute podcast related to this article is available at: http://jcx.sagepub.com/content/18/1/29/suppl/DC1 . [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Communicable Diseases Correctional Facilities Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Hematologic Tests Needlestick Injuries Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Bloodborne Pathogens Blood-samples Bloodborne-pathogens Correctional-facilities Correctional Health Care Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Hepatitis B Infection-control Infectious-diseases Medical-equipment Medical-personnel Medical-treatment Needlestick Needlestick-injuries NSPA Risk-factors Standards Workers

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• ISSN:
  1078-3458
• 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
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  29-44
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040179
• Citation:
  J Correct Health Care 2012 Jan; 18(1):29-44
• Contact Point Address:
  Everett J. Lehman, MS, Industrywide Studies Branch, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, NIOSH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-13, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Email:
  ELehman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Correctional Health Care
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2698d6bcc5641823b246bebe13fed7645bdc6157abaac5b867fe23fd0be998903219adc748a48a998bd63ce67ff07e5e4f637d27bcee4c1bd38008a3dd6640b3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193130/cdc_193130_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 186.30 KB ]