Outcomes of the revised bloodborne pathogens standard in California.

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• Personal Author:
  Gillen, Matthew
• Description:
  Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBP) is a major concern among healthcare workers and employers. In 1999, California made sweeping changes to its BBP standard specifically requiring employers to use safer sharps devices. Multiple outcomes related to this standard were evaluated including: 1) level of compliance with the standard; 2) nurses' perception of safety climate; 3) needlestick injury rates over time; and 4) an assessment of the costs of maintaining a BBP program. This study indicates that the implementation of the BBP standard in California seems to have had an effect on the rate of sharps injury in healthcare facilities when analyzed used multiple denominators. Most facilities appear to demonstrate a high degree of compliance with the major elements of the standard, but need to be more attentive to all aspects of the standard. Most nursing staff reported a high degree of satisfaction with the safety climate in their facilities, but these results must be interpreted cautiously due to the low response rate per facility and the cross-sectional nature of the data. Further analysis on the rate of injuries over time will be conducted through continued funding through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the California Department of Health Services. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Communicable Diseases Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Occupational Health Safety Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens; Health-care-personnel; Health-care-facilities; Infection-control; Infectious-diseases; Viral-diseases; Viral-infections; Standards; Nurses; Nursing
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023741
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-004006, 2003 Sep; :1-10
• Contact Point Address:
  Marion Gillen, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems, 2 Koret Way, Box 0608, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608
• Email:
  marion.gillen@nursing.ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20030929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246348/cdc_246348_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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