OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #825653
BALTIMORE ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Program aide contracts hepatitis B, probably from client
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a program technician's aide who worked with clients with differe t the disease. nt levels of mental retardation. She taught life/community skills mobility and a ssisted with personal care needs when necessary. Employee #1 developed hepatitis B; this diagnosis was confirmed at the local hospital. Mentally retarded client s are known to have a higher prevalence of hepatitis B than the general populati on. Clients often exhibit aggressive and assaulting behavior toward other client s and aides. CDC considers the risk to be on a par with hospital workers. Traini ng for prevention of transmission of HBV and HIV was lacking, although gloves we re available. Employee #1 cannot specify the incident that caused her to contrac
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 48
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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