Regulatory agencies 

• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) 
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)  
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH)
• New Hampshire Department of Public Health (NHDPH/DHHS)
• Maine Department of Public Health
• Connecticut Department of Public Health
• Rhode Island Department of Public Health
• Vermont Department of Public Health

professional associations 

• American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN)
• Northeast Association of Occupational Health Nurses (NEAOHN)
• Massachusetts Association of Occupational Health Nurses (MaAOHN)
• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
• New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (NECOEM)

Certification

• American Board for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (ABOHN)

reference materials & Useful web siteS

OSHA Hospital eTool

• OSHA Hospital eTool

Tuberculosis

• Tuberculosis Education and Training Resource Guide 2003
• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005

Infection Control

• Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998

Hazardous Drugs

• NIOSH Alert on "Preventing Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Facilities"
• Medical Surveillance for Health Care Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs
• Nurses Health – A Survey on Health & Chemical Exposure

Body Fluid Exposures

• Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
• Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

Smoking cessation

• Smoking cessation for nurses

Hepatitis

• Hepatitis C (MA Dept. of Public Health)
• Hepatitis B - CDC's website

Immunizations & Vaccine Information Sheets

• Immunization Information and Vaccine Information Sheets
• Immunization of Healthcare Workers - CDC Guidelines
• Vaccines - ACIP Recommendations

Safe Patient Handling Guidance & Equipment

• New England Medical Systems - Guldmann Patient Lifts
• National Patient Safety Center

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - New England, Healthcare

•  EPA New England's Healthcare Home page

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