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Document ID (ISN)108129
CIS number 08-536
Year 2007
Convention or series no. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.2007-157
Title Bloodborne pathogen exposure
Bibliographic information Publications Dissemination, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-2001, USA, Sep. 2007. 1p. Illus.
Internet access http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2007-157/pdfs/2007-157.pdf [in English]
Abstract NIOSH researchers visited a number of prisons and jails to learn more about current practices and procedures being used to protect health care workers from blood borne-diseases. This poster is meant to be informative and reinforce how workers of prison health services can protect themselves from the risk of blood-borne disease transmission.
Descriptors (primary) plant health organization; blood; prison services; health care personnel; biological hazards; USA
Descriptors (secondary) safety consciousness; public OSH institutions; safety posters; needle-stick injuries; vaccination; wounds
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
Biological hazards
Occupational health services
Health care services