NIOSH Testimony on Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens by R. W. Niemeier, May 21, 1990.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony concerns the final comments of NIOSH on OSHA's proposed rule on bloodborne pathogens. The risks to health posed by hepatitis-B virus (HBV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and other bloodborne diseases clearly warrant development and enforcement by OSHA of a comprehensive standard. As of May 15, 1990, the Centers for Disease Control were aware of 65 case reports of health care workers who may have acquired HIV infection from occupational exposure. Twenty seroconverted following a documented occupational exposure. Of these 20, 18 involved exposure to blood, one to bloody pleural fluid, and one to concentrated virus in the laboratory. Vaccination is the single most effective means of preventing occupational HBV transmission. However, about 5% of those given vaccination do not develop an antibody response and remain susceptible. Questions remain about the efficacy of gloves for offering protection. Other areas discussed include the use of signs and labels, post exposure evaluation and follow up of exposed workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Laboratories Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Testimony; Niemeier-R-W; Health-care-personnel; Nurses; Physicians; Laboratory-workers; Infectious-diseases; Disease-transmission; AIDS-virus;
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00195992
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91153643
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1990 May:8 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Infectious Diseases
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, 8 pages
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242951/cdc_242951_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]