OSHA guidance update on protecting employees from Avian flu (Avian influenza) viruses / U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avian influenza--United States--Prevention.

Avian influenza--Transmission.

Influenza viruses.

Industrial hygiene--United States.

Influenza in Birds--prevention & control.

Influenza, Human--prevention & control.

Disease Transmission, Infectious--prevention & control.

Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype.

Occupational Exposure--prevention & control.

United States.

Industrial hygiene.

Medical Subjects:

Influenza in Birds--prevention & control.

Influenza, Human--prevention & control.

Disease Transmission, Infectious--prevention & control.

Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype.

Occupational Exposure--prevention & control.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [OSHA Publications Office, U.S. Department of Labor], [2006]

Summary:

This document is designed to provide guidance on health protection to employers whose employees may be exposed to avian influenza (AI) viruses and to provide technical information (in appendices) about AI viruses and, in particular, about H5N1, an AI virus currently circulating in Asia, Europe and Africa. H5N1 rarely causes disease in humans, but when it does, the case fatality rate is high. This document updates guidance on avian flu issued by OSHA in March 2004.

Contents:

Guidance for poultry employees

Guidance for animal handlers other than poultry employees

Guidance for laboratory employees

Guidance for healthcare workers who treat patients with known or suspected AI

Guidance for food handlers

Guidance for airport personnel exposed to passengers suspected of being AI-infected

Guidance for travelers on temporary work assignment abroad

Guidance for U.S. employees stationed abroad

Guidance for other employee groups that may be at risk

Employee training

Appendix A: Worldwide occurrence of the H5N1 virus

Appendix B: Backround on the biology of influenza viruses

Appendix C: Genetic variations in H5N1 strains and implications for human health

Appendix D: Survival and inactivation of influenza A viruses, including H5N1

Appendix E: Transmission of the H5N1 virus

Appendix F: symptoms and outcomes of H5N1 infection in hospitalized patients

Appendix G: Importation ban on birds from countries affected by the H5N1 virus

Appendix H: History of human influenza pandemics and concern about a new pandemic

Appendix I: Additional sources of information

Appendix J: References

OSHA assistance.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 11, 2007).

"2006."

"OSHA 3321-10N."

Includes bibliographical references (PDF pages 61-65).

OCLC:

79851412

Access Restriction:

No restrictions on access.