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INFECTIONS
Find below links to resource pages about occupational infections
Avian Influenza
(bird flu)
SARS
Anthrax
Smallpox
Tuberculosis
Flu pandemic
New biological
threats at work
News
USA: Laundry
work infection risk probed
The US government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
is investigating several cases of laundry and housekeeping workers suspected
of having become infected with HIV as a result of needlestick injuries
at work. Between 1981 and 2006, the CDC documented two cases of laundry
and housekeeping employees who were infected with HIV as a result of occupational
exposure to blood and identified 13 more possible cases.
American
Laundry News • Risks
349
Hazards news, 29 March 2008
Britain: 'Shabby'
lab blamed for disease
An independent review of last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak has criticised
the laboratory at the source of the disease as “shabby and dilapidated”.
The report's author, Dr Iain Anderson, said the foot-and-mouth leak should
never have escaped the government-run Pirbright complex in Surrey.
Defra
news release • BBC
News Online • Risks
347
Hazards news, 15 March 2008
Britain: Tragedy
leads to safer needles call
Health service union UNISON is calling on NHS Employers to banish needlestick
injuries (NSIs) for good, by making safer needles compulsory across the
health service. The call comes in the wake of the tragic death of gifted
nurse, Juliet Young, who contracted HIV from a needlestick injury while
working at the Maudsley Mental Health Hospital in London.
UNISON
news release • Risks
344
Hazards news, 23 February 2008
Bangladesh: Bird
flu outbreak spreading
Bangladesh’s poultry industry is facing a crisis as bird flu spreads
throughout the country. As of 5 February, H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks
had been reported in 37 of the country’s 64 districts. Health experts
at Bangladesh’s Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research
said so far no cases of human infection had been found.
IRIN
news report • Risks
342
Hazards news, 9 February 2008
Global: New biological
threats at work
Workers in every type of work could be at risk from biological agents,
a new report has warned. The European Risk Observatory (ERO) report, backed
up by a practical factsheet, says despite existing laws covering the issue,
knowledge is still limited and in many workplaces biological risks are
poorly assessed and prevented.
European
Agency news release and factsheet on emerging biological risks [pdf]
• Expert forecast on emerging biological risks related to occupational
safety and health [pdf]
• Read
more
Hazards news, 1 December 2007
Britain:
Dirty ambulances spread deadly infections
Dirty ambulances could help the spread of MRSA and other superbugs, health
service UNISON has warned. Ambulance crews report they don't get time
to check the vehicles, let alone clean them, said UNISON, adding the vehicles
are never deep cleaned.
UNISON
news release • BBC
News Online
Hazards news, 1 December 2007
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