| Document ID (ISN) | 108120 |
| CIS number |
08-535 |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.2007-159
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| Title |
Encourage your workers to report blood-borne pathogen exposures |
| Bibliographic information |
Publications Dissemination, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-2001, USA, Sep. 2007. 2p. Illus. 6 ref. |
| Internet access |
08-0535.pdf [in English]
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2007-159/pdfs/2007-159.pdf [in English]
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| Abstract |
NIOSH researchers visited a number of prisons to learn more about current practices and procedures being used to protect health care workers from blood-borne diseases. Aimed at prison medical service administrators and supervisors, this leaflet provides explains why workers are sometimes reluctant to report exposure to blood-borne pathogens in correctional facilities and how to encourage them to report. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
plant health organization; blood; notification of occupational accidents; prison services; health care personnel; biological hazards; USA |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
safety consciousness; responsibilities of employers; data sheet; human factors; public OSH institutions |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Reporting of occupational accidents
Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
Biological hazards
Occupational health services
Notification of accidents and diseases
Health care services
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