Contents

Main Page
Introduction
Developing Hospital Safety and Health Programs
Recommended Guidelines for Controlling Safety Hazards in Hospitals
Recommended Guidelines for Controlling Infectious Disease Hazards in Hospitals
Recommended Guidelines for Controlling Noninfectious Health Hazards in Hospitals
Hazardous Waste Disposal
Directory Of Occupational Safety and Health Information For Hospitals
Appendices

CDC, through its Center for Infectious Diseases and NIOSH, is developing new recommended guidelines for protecting health care workers from infectious diseases. For the present, the reader is referred to guidelines that CDC has already published on this topic. Reprinted in appendices 5, 6, and 8.

Appendix 5 contains the Joint Advisory Notice from the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services entitled Protection Against Occupational Exposure to Hepatitis B Virus HBV and Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV, published 10/19/87.

Appendix 6 contains nine articles from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report with recommended guidelines for protecting health care workers against aids and hepatitis, published between 1983-88.

Appendix 8 contains three guidelines in a series of CDC recommendations for preventing and controlling nosocomial infections: infection control in hospital personnel 84, isolation precautions in hospitals, 83, and guidelines for hand washing and hospital environment control, 85.

Controlling Safety Hazards

Controlling Noninfectious Health Hazards