Web sites advise eye protection for healthcare staff
OSHA Healthcare Connection, May 30, 2006
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reminds healthcare workers about using eye protection as part of Healthy Vision Month, the theme of which is "Eye Safety at Work Is Everyone's Business."
NIOSH is a cosponsor of the campaign, which takes place during May.
Appropriately fitted goggles "provide the most reliable, practical eye protection from splashes, sprays, and respiratory droplets," according to the NIOSH Web page "Eye Protection for Infection Control," which recommends the following:
Select indirectly-vented goggles with a manufacturer's anti-fog coating. Directly-vented goggles may allow penetration by splashes or sprays.
Goggles should fit snuggly over and around the eyes or personal prescription lenses.
Goggles are effective as eye protection but do not provide protection from splashes, sprays, and respiratory droplets to other parts of the face.
Personal prescription lenses do not provide optimal eye protection and should not be used as a substitute for goggles.
The Healthy Vision Month material also includes "Eye Safety & Infectious Disease: The Hidden Danger," a report about Beth Griffin, a 22-year-old researcher, who in 1997 contracted and died from herpes B virus after an eye splash from animal fluid. Griffin worked at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta.
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