Document ID (ISN) | 107818 |
CIS number |
08-469 |
Year |
2007 |
Convention or series no. |
OSHA 3327-02N 2007
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Title |
Guidance on preparing workplaces for an influenza pandemic |
Bibliographic information |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, USA, 2007. 43p. Illus. |
Internet access |
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3327pandemic.pdf [in English]
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Abstract |
A worldwide influenza pandemic could have a major effect on the global economy, including travel, trade, tourism, food, consumption, investment and financial markets. Planning for pandemic influenza by business and industry is essential to minimize a pandemic's impact. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) therefore developed this pandemic influenza planning guidance based upon traditional infection control and industrial hygiene practices. Topics addressed: how a severe pandemic influenza could affect workplaces; how influenza can spread between people, classifying employee exposure to pandemic influenza at work, how to maintain operations during a pandemic, how organizations can protect their employees; steps every employer can take to reduce the risk of exposure to pandemic influenza in their workplace; what employees living abroad or who travel internationally for work should know. |
Descriptors (primary) |
plant health organization; influenza; USA; safety planning; work organization; infection control; biological hazards; avian influenza |
Descriptors (secondary) |
public OSH institutions; zoonoses; contagion; work efficiency; infectious diseases; safety guides; limitation of exposure; economic aspects; hazard evaluation; emergency organization; risk factors; virus diseases |
Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
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Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Influenza Zoonoses Viral diseases (other than aids) Safety programmes Occupational health services Biological hazards Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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