Variations in Industry Compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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• Personal Author:
  Chen GX ; Jenkins, E. Lynn
• Description:
  In 1992, OSHA issued the BBP standard requiring employers to provide annual training, personal protective equipment (PPE), and hepatitis B vaccination to all employees with potential occupational exposures to BBPs. Telephone interviews were conducted with workers who had work-related exposures to blood or other at-risk biological substances treated in hospital emergency departments(EDs) from March 1, 2000 to August 31, 2001. The workers were identified through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a stratified probability sample of hospital EDs in the U.S. and its territories. Of the 593 completed interviews, 377(64%) were from hospitals, 51(9%) from emergency medical service(EMS)/firefighting, 74(12%) from other healthcare settings (i.e., doctors' office, nursing homes, etc.), 22(4%) from law enforcement, and 69(12%) from non healthcare settings (i.e., schools, hotels, etc.). Significantly fewer workers in non-healthcare settings (59%; p<0.0001) reported that BBP training was available in their workplaces compared to hospitals (94%), EMS/firefighting (90%), other healthcare settings (85%), and law enforcement (86%). There were significant differences in worker reported PPE use at the time of exposure with only 25% from law enforcement and 36% from non-healthcare settings compared to 79% for hospitals, 80% for EMS/firefighting, and 57% for other healthcare settings. Workers from hospitals (84%), EMS/firefighting (92%), ather healthcare settings (81 %), and law enforcement (86%) were much more likely to report that hepatitis B vaccination was available in their workplaces compared to non-healthcare settings (57%;p<0.001). This study suggests that there is great variation in compliance with the OSHA BBP standard, especially in non-healthcare settings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Communicable Diseases Emergency Responders Firefighters Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Law Enforcement Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens Emergency-responders Emergency-treatment Fire-fighters Health-care-personnel Hepatitis Infectious-diseases Law-enforcement-workers Occupational-exposure Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Training Vaccines

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• Publisher:
  International Commission on Occupational Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  72-73
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023229
• Citation:
  Best Practices in Occupational Safety and Health, Education, Training, and Communication: Ideas That Sizzle, 6th International Conference, Scientific Committee on Education and Training in Occupational Health, ICOH, In Cooperation with The International Communication Network, ICOH, October 28-30, 2002, Baltimore, Maryland. Milano, Italy: International Commission on Occupational Health, 2002 Oct; :72-73
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Best Practices in Occupational Safety and Health, Education, Training, and Communication: Ideas That Sizzle, 6th International Conference, Scientific Committee on Education and Training in Occupational Health, ICOH, In Cooperation with The International Communication Network, ICOH, October 28-30, 2002, Baltimore, Maryland
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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