A Curriculum Guide for Public-Safety and Emergency-Response Workers. Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  A course of study was designed to train and educate public safety workers and emergency medical workers who may be exposed to human- immunodeficiency-virus (HIV) and hepatitis-B-virus (HBV) during the execution of their jobs. Federal guidelines for preventing occupational transmission of HIV and HBV among worker groups were incorporated into the curriculum. The guide contained information useful to those responsible for offering training including such items as scheduling, involving others in the process, preparation, setting a climate for learning, and ways to evaluate the effectiveness of the training. Information was provided concerning precautionary measures and protective equipment. A section was devoted to case studies which described workplace situations and issues that may challenge public safety workers and emergency care providers. The case studies included the provision of emergency services under the following circumstances: auto accidents, stabbings, house fires, nursing home patients, man with labored breathing, swimming accident, stomach pains, barroom fight, shots fired, drug bust, man falls down, violent male outside house, gay rights rally, inmate collapses, inmate claims to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), intravenous drug search, job injury, and an HIV infected fellow employee. Resource equipment and information is listed for fire fighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics, and corrections personnel. General information on HIV, HBV, and AIDS is also provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Communicable Diseases Emergency Responders Firefighters First Aid Health Personnel Law Enforcement Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  AIDS-virus Disease-transmission Emergency-treatment Firemen First-aid Health-care-personnel Infectious-diseases Paramedical-services Policemen Safety-measures
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB89108
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-76
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00188712
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-227854
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 89-108, 1989 Feb; :1-76
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eba83290de5895376365d7514eddc01bd0dccd3bba7680329fc4e879921ba55eefbbd634026e02875756d486871b4e5b44de273f1988c9730f664b2075760c68
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5833/cdc_5833_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.95 MB ]