Employee Health and Infection Control

Details

• Personal Author:
  Diekema DJ ; Doebbeling BN
• Description:
  Hospital employees are at risk for exposure to a variety of communicable diseases, which they may transmit to patients and other workers. The employee health service plays a critical role in an effective infection control program. In this article, we outline the major responsibilities of the employee health service and summarize key current recommendations for management of exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens Health-care-personnel Infection-control Infectious-diseases Universal-precautions
• ISSN:
  0899-823X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  292-301
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20001016
• Citation:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1995 May; 16(5):292-301
• Contact Point Address:
  Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• NORA Priority Area:
  Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930401
• Source Full Name:
  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
• End Date:
  19970331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:09591c45016fbf52052013ecba3d9a796b93e62a05dc6ba264f147f9a23d9b2681c600e4c2a0b6709878bc88f77bdd2c1dc9d993b1dfa297047f63c09fe2549d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198296/cdc_198296_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.05 MB ]