Reducing occupational risk for blood and body fluid exposure among home care aides: an intervention effectiveness study

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• Personal Author:
  Amuwo S ; Lipscomb, Jane A. ; McPhaul K ; Sokas RK
• Description:
  The purpose of this quasi-experimental pretest/posttest research study was to examine the effectiveness of an intervention designed through a participatory process to reduce blood and body fluid exposure among home care aides. Employer A, the intervention site, was a large agency with approximately 1,200 unionized home care aides. Employer B, the comparison group, was a medium-sized agency with approximately 200 home care aides. The intervention was developed in partnership with labor and management and included a 1-day educational session utilizing peer educators and active learning methods to increase awareness about the risks for occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among home care aides and a follow-up session introducing materials to facilitate communication with clients about safe sharps disposal. Self-administered preintervention and postintervention questionnaires identifying knowledge about and self-reported practices to reduce bloodborne pathogen exposure were completed in person during mandatory training sessions 18 months apart. Home care aides in the intervention group for whom the preintervention and postintervention questionnaires could be directly matched reported an increase in their clients' use of proper sharps containers (31.9% pre to 52.2% post; p = .033). At follow-up, the intervention group as a whole also reported increased use of sharps containers among their clients when compared to controls (p = .041). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Body Fluids Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Needlestick Injuries Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Waste Management

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Community And Home Care Biohazards Bloodborne-pathogens Body-fluids Employee-exposure Hazardous-materials Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-surveys Needlestick-injuries Occupational Health And Safety Participatory Research Questionnaires Risk-analysis Safety-education Safety-practices Training Waste-disposal Work-practices Worker Safety

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• ISSN:
  0162-1424
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Illinois ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  234-248
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044658
• Citation:
  Home Health Care Serv Q 2013 Mar; 32(4):234-248
• Contact Point Address:
  Shakirudeen Amuwo, PhD, MPH, Chicago State University, 9501 South King Drive, BHS 201, Chicago, IL 60628, USA
• Email:
  shakirudeen@yahoo.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  Home Health Care Services Quarterly
• End Date:
  20090731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c91eff71d6c784b238aed61f3dcdaf912d271947278739f7127619b29e693305cc434ddf6c8ac5e599141b30a686c2656a1f643ea6f6e24adfed16e51550b98f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200316/cdc_200316_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 212.45 KB ]