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  • Understanding factors that influence protective glove use among automotive spray painters.

    Dermal contact with isocyanate-based coatings may lead to systemic respiratory sensitization. The most common isocyanates found in sprayed automotive coatings are monomeric and oligomeric 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI). Most spray painters use thin (4–5 mil) latex gloves that are not effective at preventing dermal exposures when spraying isocyanate paints.
    Washington — Journal Article — 4/14/2014 — 4 Views

  • How to clean take-home lead from your Home and Vehicle

    If you think your vehicle or home may be contaminated with lead: Have your family tested for lead in their blood. Consider hiring a lead removal professional. They can ensure your home is clean and safe. Call the SHARP Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology Surveillance (ABLES) program at 1-888-667-4277 or the Department of Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (CLPP) at 1-800-909-9898.
    Washington — Other — 4/1/2014 — 4 Views

  • Evaluation of Respiratory Protection Programs and Practices in California Hospitals During the 2009-2010 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic

    Abstract of article in American Journal of Infection Control. Onsite evaluation of 16 hospitals by California Department of Public Health consisted of interviews with managers and health care workers about respiratory protection programs (RPPs) and practices, review of written RPPs, and limited observations of personnel using respirators.
    California — Journal Article — 11/1/2013 — 5 Views

  • Asthma from Isocyanates

    National U.S. surveillance programs rank isocyanates as one of the top 10 causes of occupational asthma.
    Washington — Other — 10/11/2013 — 3 Views

  • OHW: Work-Related Hantavirus Exposures in Yosemite

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. October 2013 edition is about OHB investigation into Yosemite Park employees' risk for hantavirus following visitor deaths in 2012.
    California — Newsletter — 10/1/2013 — 2 Views

  • Work-Related Hantavirus Exposures at Yosemite National Park: Key Findings and Recommendations

    California Department of Public Health report that summarizes the key findings and recommendations from an investigation of hantavirus exposure among employees at Yosemite National Park conducted in the fall of 2012.
    California — Technical Report — 8/1/2013 — 5 Views

  • OHW: Construction/Outdoor Workers at Risk for Valley Fever

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch (OHB), California Department of Public Health. July 2013 edition is about the OHB's new web page to better explain to employers and workers how to prevent getting Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis or “cocci”) during outdoor work,
    California — Newsletter — 7/31/2013 — 9 Views

  • Characteristics and magnitude of acute pesticide-related illnesses and injuries associated with pyrethrin and pyrethroid exposures--11 states, 2000-2008

    Journal article abstract from the American Journal of Industrial Medicine: Characteristics and magnitude of acute pesticide-related illnesses and injuries associated with pyrethrin and pyrethroid exposures--11 states, 2000-2008
    California — Journal Article — 6/20/2013 — 5 Views

  • OHW: California Workers Get Asthma from Their Jobs

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health (CDPH). May 2013 edition is about a CDPH tracking report on asthma in California; includes a chapter on work-related asthma based on the surveillance and investigation work of OHB's Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program.
    California — Newsletter — 5/22/2013 — 2 Views

  • Asthma in California: A Surveillance Report

    Report prepared by staff members of California Breathing, an asthma program of the Environmental Health Investigations Branch, and of the Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program, of the California Department of Public Health.
    California — Technical Report — 5/1/2013 — 2 Views
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