NIOSH Fast Facts: Protecting Yourself from Stinging Insects

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Outdoor workers are at risk of being stung by flying insects (bees, wasps, and hornets) and fire ants. While most stings cause only mild discomfort, some may result in severe allergic reactions that require immediate medical care and may cause death. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution First Aid Hypersensitivity Insecta Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Skin

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• Keywords:
  Allergic-reactions Allergies Emergency-equipment Emergency-treatment Environmental-exposure Environmental-hazards First-aid Injuries Injury-prevention Insects Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Outdoors Skin-infections Skin-protection

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2010117
• 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:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036810
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-109329
• Citation:
  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. 2010-117, 2010 Apr; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:990d426d04915e0df8c5b65dc7e1f9ce90e9c83af6cfa87182fb5af5dcacbbb2a7bfa19c4038e649a2cefdcd5a223aa4b5096197a4643a6d14a64082d7cbec79
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5685/cdc_5685_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 610.75 KB ]