NIOSH Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers: Training and Awareness of Employer Safety Procedures

Steege, Andrea L.; Boiano, James M.; Sweeney, Marie H.

doi:10.1002/ajim.22305

Back to Previous Page

- Add this to...
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Google Bookmarks
- LinkedIn

NIOSH Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers: Training and Awareness of Employer Safety Procedures

Published Date:

Feb 18 2014

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22305 New Site Icon

Source:

Am J Ind Med. 2014; 57(6):640-652.

[PDF-943.76 KB]

Details:

Alternative Title:

Am J Ind Med

Personal Author:

Steege, Andrea L. ; Boiano, James M. ; Sweeney, Marie H. ;

Description:

Background

The Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers describes current practices used to minimize chemical exposures and barriers to using recommended personal protective equipment for the following: antineoplastic drugs, anesthetic gases, high level disinfectants, surgical smoke, aerosolized medications (pentamidine, ribavirin, and antibiotics), and chemical sterilants.

Methods

Twenty-one healthcare professional practice organizations collaborated with NIOSH to develop and implement the web-based survey.

Results

Twelve thousand twenty-eight respondents included professional, technical, and support occupations which routinely come in contact with the targeted hazardous chemicals. Chemical-specific safe handling training was lowest for aerosolized antibiotics (52%, n = 316), and surgical smoke (57%, n = 4,747). Reported employer procedures for minimizing exposure was lowest for surgical smoke (32%, n = 4,746) and anesthetic gases (56%, n = 3,604).

Conclusions

Training and having procedures in place to minimize exposure to these chemicals is one indication of employer and worker safety awareness. Safe handling practices for use of these chemicals will be reported in subsequent papers.

Subject:

[+]

Pubmed ID:

24549581

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4504242

Document Type:

Journal Article

Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States

Collection(s):

CDC Public Access

Main Document Checksum:

[+]

Supporting Files:

	nihms-701957-f0001.gif	image/gif
	nihms-701957-f0001.jpg	image/jpeg
	nihms-701957-f0002.gif	image/gif
	nihms-701957-f0002.jpg	image/jpeg
	nihms-701957.nxml	application/octet-stream

No Related Documents.

You May Also Like:

Secondhand Smoke in the Operating Room? Precautionary Practices Lacking for Surgical Smoke

Personal Author:

Steege, Andrea L.; Boiano, James M.; Sweeney, Marie H.;

Published Date:

Jun 10 2016

Source:

Am J Ind Med. 59(11):1020-1031.

Description:

BackgroundConsensus organizations, government bodies, and healthcare organization guidelines recommend that surgical smoke be evacuated at the source by local exhaust ventilation (LEV) (i.e., smoke evacuators or wall suctions with inline filters).Met...

File Type:

[PDF - 129.60 KB]
Precautionary Practices of Healthcare Workers Who Disinfect Medical and Dental Devices Using High-Level Disinfectants

Personal Author:

Henn, Scott A.; Boiano, James M.; Steege, Andrea L.;

Published Date:

Feb 2015

Source:

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 36(2):180-185.

Description:

BackgroundHigh-level disinfectants (HLDs) are used throughout the healthcare industry to chemically disinfect reusable, semicritical medical and dental devices to control and prevent healthcare-associated infections among patient populations. Workers...

File Type:

[PDF - 116.29 KB]
Precautionary Practices for Administering Anesthetic Gases: A Survey of Physician Anesthesiologists, Nurse Anesthetists and Anesthesiologist Assistants

Personal Author:

Boiano, James M.; Steege, Andrea L.;

Published Date:

Oct 02 2016

Source:

J Occup Environ Hyg. 13(10):782-793.

Description:

Scavenging systems and administrative and work practice controls for minimizing occupational exposure to waste anesthetic gases have been recommended for many years. Anesthetic gases and vapors that are released or leak out during medical procedures ...

File Type:

[PDF - 150.92 KB]
Ethylene Oxide and Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Plasma Sterilization: Precautionary Practices in U.S. Hospitals

Personal Author:

Boiano, James M.; Steege, Andrea L.;

Published Date:

2015

Source:

Zentralsterilisation (Wiesb). 23(4):262-268.

Description:

ObjectiveEvaluate precautionary practices and extent of use of ethylene oxide (EtO) and hydrogen peroxide gas plasma (HPGP) sterilization systems, including use of single chamber EtO units.DesignModular, web-based survey.ParticipantsMembers of profes...

File Type:

[PDF - 171.95 KB]
Exploring respiratory protection practices for prominent hazards in healthcare settings

Personal Author:

Wizner, Kerri; Nasarwanji, Mahiyar; Fisher, Edward; Steege, Andrea L.; Boiano, James M.;

Published Date:

Aug 2018

Source:

J Occup Environ Hyg. 15(8):588-597

Description:

The use of respiratory protection, an important component of personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare, is dependent on the hazard and environmental conditions in the workplace. This requires the employer and healthcare worker (HCW) to be kno...

File Type:

[PDF - 340.47 KB]