Compendium of Niosh Health Care Worker Research

By Eschenbacher, Bill

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Title:	Compendium of Niosh Health Care Worker Research
Author:	Eschenbacher, Bill
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citation APA MLA Chicago Eschenbacher, B. B. (n.d.). Compendium of Niosh Health Care Worker Research. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Excerpt
The end of the document, projects that are focused on a specific health care worker population (e.g., home health care worker) or a particular workplace setting (e.g., dental office) are listed for ease in identifying projects related to specific interests. NIOSH-funded health care worker projects are either conducted by NIOSH researchers or cooperation with outside research institutions, or through research grants. Those projects being conducted through the NIOSH grant program have the Principal Investigator listed as the project contact. All other projects list the NIOSH researcher as the project contact.

Table of Contents
Contents v Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Workplace Hazards: Biological . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bloodborne Pathogens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Best Practices Demonstration Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bloodborne Exposure Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Evaluation of Traumatic Injuries in Health Care Workers During Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Genetic Variation in Metabolism of AZT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 HIV Information Dissemination Demonstration Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 National Clinicians’ Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Needlestick Injuries in Healthcare Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Outcomes of the Revised California Bloodborne Pathogens Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Surveillance of Bloodborne Pathogens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Website for Occupational HIV Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Characterization of Tuberculosis Aerosols and Implications on Controls . . . . . . . . . 6 New Approaches to Medical Screening for Latent Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Respirator Efficacy versus Tuberculosis Aerosols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 TB Respirator Training Video for Health Care Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Video Enhancement for TB Program Administrator’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Other Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A Program to Estimate the Risk of Occupational Infectious Diseases in State Correctional Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Workplace Hazards: Chemical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ethylene Oxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Evaluating Exposures Under OSHA’s 1984 Ethylene Oxide Standard. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Latex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Assessing Latex Avoidance on Occupational Sensitization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Evaluation of Health Care Worker Glove Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Immunologic Methods for Assessment of Workplace Exposures to Natural Rubber Latex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Natural Rubber Latex in Veterans Administration Health Care Workers . . . . . . . . . 11