| Document ID (ISN) | 111698 |
| CIS number |
11-0430 |
| Year |
2010 |
| Convention or series no. |
NTP 858
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| Author(s) |
Constans Aubert A., Solans Lampurlanés X |
| Title |
Funeral services: Occupational exposure to biological agents |
| Original title |
Servicios funerarios: exposición laboral a agentes biológicos [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Ediciones y Publicaciones, c/Torrelaguna 73, 28027 Madrid, Spain, 2010. 6p. 8 ref.
|
| Internet access |
NTP_858.pdf [in Spanish]
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| Abstract |
This information note describes the various activities within the framework of funeral services as well as their associated hazards. It lists the infectious diseases to which workers of these services may be exposed, together with the causative agent and mode of transmission, and provides a set of preventive measures to minimize exposure.
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| Descriptors (primary) |
Spain; infectious diseases; funeral services; biological hazards; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
contagion; immunodeficiency syndrome; bacterial diseases; tuberculosis; infectious hepatitis; meningitis; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; limitation of exposure; public OSH institutions; data sheet |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Viral diseases (other than aids)
HIV/AIDS
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Biological hazards
Funeral services
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