Session: Health Care Workers: Safety and Health Hazards and Controls


Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

3127.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Oral

Health Care Workers: Safety and Health Hazards and Controls

Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives

Moderator(s):

Florence Reinisch, MPH

10:30 AM

Evaluating the California Bloodborne Pathogens Standard - Recent Findings
Florence Reinisch, MPH, Marion Gillen, RN, MPH, PhD, Egils Kronlins, BA, Robert Harrison, MD, MPH

10:48 AM

Focus Groups of Union Home Care Workers and Blood Exposure

Kathleen M. McPhaul, RN, MPH, Joseph Zanoni, MILR, Myra Glassman, Jane Lipscomb, RN, PhD, Leslie Nickels, MEd, Leonila Vega, Jeffrey Johnson, PhD, Rosemary Sokas, MD, MOH, Karen Kauffman, PhD, RN, Vamsi Vasireddy, MBBS, MPH

11:06 AM

Occupational Risk of Bloodborne Pathogens in Home Healthcare Workers

Robyn R.M. Gershon, MHS DrPH, Jonathan D. Rosen, MS, CIH, Cynthia Gurney, PhD, RN, Marissa A. Barrera, MS, Caitlin W. Winnen, BSN

11:24 AM

Sharps Injuries among Hospital Workers in Massachusetts: 2001-2003

Angela K. Laramie, MPH, Letitia K. Davis, ScD

11:42 AM

Nurses' experiences with workplace harassment: A feasibility study
Pamela Levin, PhD, RN, Suzanne Perraud, PhD, RN

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by:

Occupational Health and Safety

Endorsed by:

Environment; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Labor Caucus; Socialist Caucus

CE Credits:

CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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