Evaluation of Potential Occupational Exposures to Opioids in a City Fire and Police Department: Interim Report

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Report: Evaluation of Potential Occupational Exposures to Opioids in a City Fire and Police Department: Interim Report: HHE 2018-0015
• Personal Author:
  Broadwater, Kendra R. ; Chiu, Sophia ; Li, Jessica F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program received a request for an evaluation from a city in Ohio. The request concerned possible unintentional exposure to opioids among police officers and fire fighters during first responder activities. In January 2018, the city provided us with reports from the city's risk management database for eight possible opioid exposure incidents in 2017 involving eight police officers. As of April 25, 2018, there had been no reports of potential opioid exposures among fire fighters. This interim report summarizes our evaluation of these eight reported incidents. Ohio was one of three states with more than 20 law enforcement encounters involving fentanyl per 100,000 residents in 2015 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2016]. At the time of this evaluation, the police department had approximately 1,000 sworn officers and 125 civilian employees.
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Firefighters Law Enforcement Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Drugs Emergency Medical Services Workers Emergency Medical Technician Emergency Responders EMS EMT Fire Fighters Gloves Heroin Law Enforcement Officer LEO Police Officers PPE Protective Clothing

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• Source:
  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, HHE 2018-0015, 2018 May ; :1-14
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE20180015
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EPRO - Emergency Preparedness and Response Office ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051633
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100814
• Citation:
  NIOSH [2018]. Evaluation of Potential Occupational Exposures to Opioids in a City Fire and Police Department: Interim Report. By Chiu S, Broadwater KR, and Li JF. 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, HHE 2018-0015. https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE20180015
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f8cf636a38cf18fe47353e543e60e119c1b703e3990f017306b9cbf3915b1a4f2e4417955505665cc9d6fce2614ddc671d7ce2ac7a6b10a866cfe9ca58de065e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58852/cdc_58852_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 136.55 KB ]