Healthcare and Social Assistance: Advancing Priorities through Research and Partnerships

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Most people think of the Healthcare and Social Assistance (HCSA) industry as providing clean, sterile and safe places to work. In reality, HCSA workers are exposed to many hazards that can affect their health and well-being. Their work exposes them to life threatening infections, such as SARS, HIV and hepatitis. They work with highly toxic cancer treating drugs and various chemical agents. They perform physically demanding tasks, such as lifting patients. In fact, this sector of the economy is highly hazardous and puts workers at a surprising risk for illness and injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Communicable Diseases Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Microbiology Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles; Health-care-personnel; Drugs; Ergonomics; Exposure-assessment; Exposure-levels; Exposure-methods; Health-care-facilities; Health-care-personnel; Infectious-diseases; Medical-facilities; Medical-personnel; Medical-rescue-services; Medical-research; Medical-services; Medicinal-chemicals; Microorganisms; Musculoskeletal-system-disorders; Statistical-analysis; Work-analysis; Work-areas; Work-environment; Worker-health; Work-operations; Work-performance; Workplace-studies; Work-practices; Surveillance-programs; NOMS; National Occupational Mortality Surveillance
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2009-149, 2009 Jun; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2009149
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035507
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-112052
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NORA, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d42a5b13d4d8cc7f04ba5bf566a5dcc044b61f1a81e54ef4b04b235a685d390bea4eceee2e9907a83a64802f76d5636eee8f15a7b7a2af970b9cfd11f590ad28
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24452/cdc_24452_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 772.25 KB ]