NIOSH Testimony on occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens by B. D. Hardin, April 19, 1990.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony presents additional information from NIOSH on OSHA's proposed rule on bloodborne pathogens, such as hepatitis-B virus, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The information in this testimony is a bibliographic listing of 34 reports and publications dealing with these risks. The specific topics covered in these reports include cytomegalovirus and child day care, hygienic aspects of waste disposal, public health implications of medical waste, biosafety in microbiological and biomedical labs, protection against viral hepatitis, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, prophylaxis against pneumonia, microorganisms in household refuse and seepage water from sanitary landfills, recovery of HIV at autopsy, precautions for emergency medical procedures, hospital waste, landfills, and health care worker hazards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Communicable Diseases Hazardous Substances Hazardous Waste Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases HIV Laboratories Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Testimony; Hardin-B-D; Health-care-personnel; Nurses; Physicians; Laboratory-workers; Infectious-diseases; Disease-transmission; Bloodborne pathogens; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hazardous waste; Human Immunodeficiency Virus; HIV
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00196003
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91152199
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1990 Apr; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Infectious Diseases
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242959/cdc_242959_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]