Resources

• American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Anatomy of a Nursing Home with Potential Hazards (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Back Facts: A Training Workbook to Prevent Back Injuries in Nursing Homes (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Bloodborne Infectious Diseases: HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• Bloodborne Pathogens (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Dentistry (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Dept. of Labor
• Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Ergonomics (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Ergonomics: Guidelines for Nursing Homes (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Ethylene Oxide (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - Links to PDF File
• Exposure to Blood: What Health-Care Workers Need to Know (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File
• FAQ's about Post-Exposure Prophylaxis After Occupational HIV Exposures (University of California, San Francisco)
• Formaldehyde (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - Links to PDF File
• Glutaraldehyde: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Guidance on Air Medical Transport for SARS Patients (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Hand-Washing Practices and Beliefs of Physicians (American College of Physicians)
• Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents (National Library of Medicine)
• Hazardous Chemicals (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Hazardous Drugs (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Health Care Wide Hazards (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Health Care Workers: Avoiding Infections at Work (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Hepatitis A, B, and C: Learn the Differences (Immunization Action Coalition)
• Hospital eTool: Hazards and Controls Found in the Hospital Setting (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• How Safe Are X-Ray Exams? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• How to Protect Yourself from Needlestick Injuries (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• Infection (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Infectious Diseases that May Be Transmitted/Acquired in Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Laser/Electrosurgery Plume (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Latex Allergy (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Laundry: Washing Infected Materials (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Management of Occupational Exposures to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Information for Healthcare Personnel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Non-Hospital Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (University of California, San Francisco)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Needlesticks/Sharps Injuries (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• New Guidelines for Infection Control In Dental Health-Care Settings (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Nursing Homes and Personal Care Facilities (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Occupational Asthma (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Occupational Exposure to HIV: Advice for Health Care Workers (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Occupational Health for Healthcare Providers (Medline Plus)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Office of Health and Safety (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Optical Radiation: Laser Protection (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Personal Protective Equipment (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Radiation Exposure in X-Ray Examinations (Radiological Society of North America)
• Recommendations to Protect Laboratory, Field, and Clinical Workers from West Nile Virus Exposure (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• Reproductive Hazards (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Sick and Tired of Waking Up Sick and Tired? (Shift Workers) (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
• Slips/Trips/Falls (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Stress (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Surveillance of Healthcare Personnel with HIV/AIDS, as of December 2002 (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
• Technical Manual on Lasar Hazards (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Tips for Shift Workers: How to Eat, Sleep and Stay Fit When You Work Unusual Hours (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Tuberculosis (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Understanding Respiratory Protection Against SARS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Violence: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Wake Up Call for the Whole Family (Shift Work Families) (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
• Workplace Violence (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)