NIOSH Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers: training and awareness of employer safety procedures

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• Personal Author:
  Boiano, James M. ; Steege, Andrea L. ; Sweeney, Marie H.
• Description:
  Background: The Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers describes current practices used to minimize chemical exposures and barriers to using recommended personal protective equipment for the following: antineoplastic drugs, anesthetic gases, high level disinfectants, surgical smoke, aerosolized medications (pentamidine, ribavirin, and antibiotics), and chemical sterilants. Methods: Twenty-one healthcare professional practice organizations collaborated with NIOSH to develop and implement the web-based survey. Results: Twelve thousand twenty-eight respondents included professional, technical, and support occupations which routinely come in contact with the targeted hazardous chemicals. Chemical-specific safe handling training was lowest for aerosolized antibiotics (52%, n=316), and surgical smoke (57%, n=4,747). Reported employer procedures for minimizing exposure was lowest for surgical smoke (32%, n=4,746) and anesthetic gases (56%, n=3,604). Conclusions: Training and having procedures in place to minimize exposure to these chemicals is one indication of employer and worker safety awareness. Safe handling practices for use of these chemicals will be reported in subsequent papers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Anesthesia Anti-Bacterial Agents Antineoplastic Agents Disinfectants Drug Therapy Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Smoke Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Aerosol-particles Anesthetics Antibiotics Antineoplastic-agents Author Keywords: Web-based Survey Chemotherapy Cognitive Testing Drug-therapy Drugs Employee-exposure Employer Safe Handling Procedures Gases Hazardous-materials Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-surveys Healthcare Worker Materials-handling Medical-personnel Medical-treatment Medicinal-chemicals Occupational-hazards Personal-protective-equipment Professional-workers Professional Practice Organization Safety-education Safety-measures Self-report Smoke-inhalation Surgery Surveillance-programs Toxic-gases Toxic-materials Toxic-vapors Training Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  57
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043812
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2014 Jun; 57(6):640-652
• Contact Point Address:
  Andrea Steege, Ph.D., MPH, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS R18, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
• Email:
  asteege@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Pentamidine (CAS RN 100-33-4) ; Ribavirin (CAS RN 36791-04-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:448525c59fac96123f350aec486a923deb608a317cb2b76a57a05d79339d6b23db9e05b1541c66e8011b6d974e37a751029a4d2402ca3bff1a658b12213aa0fc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199701/cdc_199701_DS1.pdf
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