Protecting healthcare workers (including ourselves) from bloodborne pathogens.

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• Personal Author:
  Phillips EK ; Wilburn S
• Description:
  This webinar provides an overview of occupational health risks, practices and policies related to the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. Speakers will present numbers and rates of occupational infection and descriptions of unsafe working conditions. They will discuss the impact of resource constraints on risk in the U.S. and internationally, and the impact of legislative mandates. Interventions and recommended actions will be outlined, and the nurse's role will be highlighted. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hematologic Diseases Needlestick Injuries Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential; Exposure-assessment; Exposure-methods; Health-hazards; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Needlestick-injuries; Occupational-accidents; Occupational-exposure; Occupational-hazards; Occupational-medicine; Risk-factors; Safety-measures; Task-performance; Work-environment; Work-performance; Workplace-studies; Work-practices; Surveillance-programs; Bloodborne-pathogens
• Document Type:
  Moving Image
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044881
• Citation:
  Pensacola, FL: American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 2012 Apr; :webinar
• Contact Point Address:
  Elayne Kornblatt Phillips, RN, MPH, PhD, University of Virginia, International Healthcare Safety Center, 1224 Jefferson Park Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Virginia, Charlottesville
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20080715
• Source Full Name:
  American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
• End Date:
  20110714
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249197/cdc_249197_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]