Current Intelligence Bulletin 59: Contact Lens Use in a Chemical Environment

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Schulte, Paul A. ; Ahlers, Heinz W. ; Jackson, Larry L. ; Malit, Bonita D. ; Votaw, David M.
• Description:
  Since the 1978 Standards Completion Program, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has recommended that workers not wear contact lenses during work with chemicals that present an eye irritation or injury hazard. Recently, several professional groups have issued guidelines removing restrictions in the industrial environment. NIOSH has reviewed these guidelines, company policies on contact lens use and injury incidents, and the limited literature on contact lens use in a chemical environment. Injury data are lacking to indicate that contact lens wear should be restricted during work with hazardous chemicals, and thus NIOSH recommends that contact lens wear be permitted provided that the safety guidelines presented in this Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB) are followed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  by Paul A. Schulte,.Heinz W. Ahlers, Larry L. Jackson, Bonita D. Malit,.David M. Votaw.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 4).
  
  NIOSH
  
  8/24/2015
  
  
• Subjects:
  Eye Eye Diseases Eye Foreign Bodies Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs Sense Organs / Injuries
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Current-Intelligence-Bulletin-No-59; Chemical-factory-workers; Chemical-industry-workers; Chemical-manufacturing-industry; Eye-damage; Eye-injuries; Eye-irritants; Eye-protection; Eye-protective-equipment; Eyes; Eye-disorders; Personal-protective-equipment; Personal-protection; Protective-equipment; Protective-measures
• Source:
  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. 2005-139, (CIB 59), 2005 Jun; :1-5
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Current Intelligence Bulletin
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2005139
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  17 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027324
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-107524
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e161240448675b3f405c343ee20ceab7b19a80c9db1aef44a97c01cbbc5f5d4db2feb985e6dbec96d2397d72ece8207fce1b0c8a096f5d2801178f2ae951109f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7056/cdc_7056_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.17 MB ]