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:
  • Universal-precautions
  • Infection-control
  • Health-care-personnel
  • Infectious-diseases
  • Bloodborne-pathogens
• 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
• 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
• End Date:
  19970331
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198296/cdc_198296_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.05 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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