Safety culture and exposure to blood and body fluids among paramedics

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• Personal Author:
  Boal, Winifred L. ; Leiss, Jack K.
• Description:
  To the Editor: Mr. Weaver and colleagues report an investigation of the association between emergency medical services (EMS) workplace safety culture scores and patient or provider safety outcomes.1 They indicate that there were no previous studies of occupational safety culture and adverse events among EMS personnel. However, several articles from the National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics2 touched upon safety culture and exposures to blood among paramedics and support the general findings of Weaver et al. that EMS worker perceptions of workplace safety culture are associated with provider safety outcomes. The findings of Weaver et al., as well as the survey of paramedics and other literature on workplace safety culture, suggest that EMS workers experience fewer injuries when there is management support for occupational safety. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Body Fluids Delivery Of Health Care Emergencies Emergency Responders Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Hematologic Diseases Occupational Health Safety Safety Management

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• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens Body-fluids Emergency-care Emergency-responders Emergency-response Emergency-treatment Management-personnel Medical-care Medical-services Paramedical-services Safety-climate Safety-measures Safety-practices Surveillance-programs Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  1090-3127
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040913
• Citation:
  Prehosp Emerg Care 2012 Jul-Sep; 16(3):418
• Email:
  wboal@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Prehospital Emergency Care
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193607/cdc_193607_DS1.pdf
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