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OSHA Optics, LLC News: Needlesticks and OSHAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A brief overview of OSHA’s Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2001 as it applies to healthcare settings: Needlestick injuries and other sharps-related injuries which expose workers to bloodborne pathogens continue to be an important public health concern. In 1991, OSHA issued the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens standard in 1991 because of a significant health risk associated with exposure to viruses and other microorganisms that cause bloodborne diseases. Of primary concern are the human immunodeficiency ...
Source: OSHA Optics, LLC News - March 4, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: OSHA Optics, LLC Tags: Needlestick|Hepatitis B|Hepatitis B Vaccination|Hepatitis B Vaccine|Hepatitis Vaccination|Bloodborne Pathogen|Bloodborne Pathogens|Infection|Infections|Infection Control|Nosocomial|Nosocomial Infections|Nosocomial Diseases|Hospital Infections Source Type: info

TuberculosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A brief overview of OSHA/tuberculosis relevancy in heathcare settings: Tuberculosis (TB) - An infectious bacterial disease transmitted through the air that mainly affects the lungs. With rare exceptions, TB is infectious only when it occurs in the lungs or larynx. TB that occurs elsewhere in the body is usually not infectious, unless the person also has TB in the lungs or larynx at the same time. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 2 billion persons (i.e., one third of the world's population) are infected with M. tuberculosis. Tuberculosis kills almost 1.6 million peopl...
Source: OSHA Optics, LLC News - January 23, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: OSHA Healthcare Compliance Tags: OSHA|Bloodbornes|Pathogens|Safety|Healthcare|Infections|Diseases|Nosocomial|Tuberculosis|TB|Hepatitis|Hospital Infections|Hospital Diseases|CDC|NIOSH|Infection Control|Nosocomial Infections|Tuberculosis Vaccine|Bloodborne Pathogens Training|Bloodborne PPT Source Type: info

Bloodborne Pathogens and OSHA: “Hepatitis B Vaccination and Post-Exposure Evaluation and Follow Up”Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article will address HBV exclusively. Hepatitis B is a potentially serious form of liver inflammation due to infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It occurs in both rapidly developing (acute) and long-lasting (chronic) forms, and is one of the commonest chronic infectious diseases worldwide. The Hepatitis B vaccine is administered intramuscularly in three doses usually given on a schedule of 0, 1, and 6 months, but there can be flexibility in this schedule. More than 95 percent of children and adolescents and more than 90 percent of young, healthy adults develop adequate immunity following the recommended th...
Source: OSHA Optics, LLC News - December 15, 2008 Category: Occupational Health Authors: OSHA Optics, LLC Tags: Hepatitis B|Hepatitis B Vaccination|Hepatitis B Vaccine|Hepatitis Vaccination|Bloodborne Pathogen|Bloodborne Pathogens|Infection|Infections|Infection Control|Nosocomial|Nosocomial Infections|Nosocomial Diseases|Hospital Infections Source Type: info