Guidelines and Instructions for Developing a Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan - Appendix C - Bloodborne Pathogens Information Resources - Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH)

Effective Engineering Controls

ECRI
ECRI, designated as an Evidence-based Practice Center by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, is a nonprofit international health services research organization. This web site discusses the June 1998 issue of ECRI’s Health Devices, which evaluated 19 needlestick-prevention devices, and provides information on how to obtain this document.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety Alert: Needlestick and Other Risks from Hypodermic Needles on Secondary IV Administration Sets – Piggyback and Intermittent IV Warns of the risk of needlestick injuries from the use of hypodermic needles as a connection between two pieces of intravenous (IV) equipment. Describes characteristics of devices which have the potential to decrease the risk of needlestick injuries.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Sharps Disposal Containers
Features information on selecting, evaluating, and using sharps disposal containers.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Glass Capillary Tubes: Joint Safety Advisory About Potential Risks
Describes safer alternatives to conventional glass capillary tubes.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Needlestick Injuries
Features recent news recognition, evaluation, controls, compliance, and links to information on effective engineering controls.

Safety Sharp Device Contracts
Features safety sharp devices on contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Training for Development of Innovative Control Technologies (TDICT) Project
Features "Safety Feature Evaluation Forms" for specific devices.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines and Recommendations

CDC Prevention Guidelines Database
Provides access to the CDC Prevention Guidelines Database, which is a compilation of all of the official guidelines and recommendations published by the CDC for the prevention of diseases, disabilities, and injuries. Information on how to find a specific CDC Prevention Guideline.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Provides access to the MMWR, a series prepared by the CDC. Contains comprehensive information on policy statements for prevention and treatment that are within the CDC’s scope of responsibility, for example, recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

The following are CDC guidelines on HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C:

Guidelines for infection control in healthcare personnel, 1998.

Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease. Publication date 10/16/1998.

Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Health-Care Worker Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis.

Appendix – First-Line Drugs for HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP). Publication date 05/15/1998.

Immunization of Health-Care Workers: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). Publication date 12/26/1997. (Provides recommendations for Hepatitis B.)

Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis. Publication date 06/29/2001.

Other Organizational Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC
The National Immunization Program (NIP) of the CDC features information on vaccine safety.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The second site features information on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a cooperative program for vaccine safety of the FDA and CDC.

Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
The IAC is a nonprofit organization working to increase immunization rates and prevent disease. Features Vaccine Information Statements, free print materials, and other hepatitis and immunization sites.

Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
The Vaccine Initiative is a project of the IDSA and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. Features information on vaccination and vaccination-related issues.

Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
The purpose of the Institute is to obtain and distribute information on the safety of recommended immunizations.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Features a 40 page brochure "Understanding Vaccines."

World Health Organization (WHO)
Features a vaccine safety home page which offers links to vaccine safety-related information.

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Updated March 22, 2010