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NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Proposed Rule and Notice of Hearing on Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, August 14, 1989.

PB90161969

Publication Date	1989
Page Count	40
Abstract	The testimony concerned the exposure of workers to bloodborne pathogens in the course of their employment. Specific issues mentioned included the existence of bloodborne pathogens that present a risk to employees with occupational exposure to blood, identification of these pathogens, identification of studies or case reports on hepatitis-B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that should be included in the health effects analysis, the possibility that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should consider HBV infection as a material impairment of health, and whether OSHA employed the correct methodology for determining the quantitative and qualitative risks of exposure. Further areas of concern to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) included the defining of a correct and secure method for worker protection from bloodborne pathogens, the scope of the proposed OSHA standard, the identification of occupations in which exposure would be likely to occur, the circumstances under which exposure could occur, the possibility of transmission through human breast milk, the clear understanding of the terms contamination and decontamination, and the requirements noted in the proposed standard for controlling exposures.
Keywords	Infectious diseases Blood Medical personnel Safety Viral diseases Infectious hepatitis Risk Government policies Accident prevention Exposure Hazardous materials Guidelines Occupational safety and health Toxic substances Testimony Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) Health manpower Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57J - Immunology 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 94D - Job Environment 41I - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199009

NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Proposed Rule and Notice of Hearing on Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, August 14, 1989.

NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Proposed Rule and Notice of Hearing on Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, August 14, 1989.
PB90161969

Publication Date	1989
Page Count	40
Abstract	The testimony concerned the exposure of workers to bloodborne pathogens in the course of their employment. Specific issues mentioned included the existence of bloodborne pathogens that present a risk to employees with occupational exposure to blood, identification of these pathogens, identification of studies or case reports on hepatitis-B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that should be included in the health effects analysis, the possibility that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should consider HBV infection as a material impairment of health, and whether OSHA employed the correct methodology for determining the quantitative and qualitative risks of exposure. Further areas of concern to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) included the defining of a correct and secure method for worker protection from bloodborne pathogens, the scope of the proposed OSHA standard, the identification of occupations in which exposure would be likely to occur, the circumstances under which exposure could occur, the possibility of transmission through human breast milk, the clear understanding of the terms contamination and decontamination, and the requirements noted in the proposed standard for controlling exposures.
Keywords	Infectious diseases Blood Medical personnel Safety Viral diseases Infectious hepatitis Risk Government policies Accident prevention Exposure Hazardous materials Guidelines Occupational safety and health Toxic substances Testimony Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) Health manpower Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57J - Immunology 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 94D - Job Environment 41I - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199009