healthcare
American Lung Association of Maine*
Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)*
Publisher of "Protection from Infection"
Centers for Disease Control, (CDC)
Publisher
"AIDS factsheets"
Information on Needlesticks at: Website:
Needlestick information
CDC also is the publisher of:
"Guidelines for Preventing Occupational Exposure to Infectious Disease and Tuberculosis"
Contact the CDC National AIDS Hotline at:
Phone: 800-342-2437
Contact the CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination at:
Phone: 404-639-8140
For information about all other infectious diseases
Phone: 404-639-3311
International Health Care Worker Safety Center and EPINET
Email: epinet@virginia.ed
Website: EPINET
Maine Bureau of Health
AIDS Hotline Phone: 800-851-2437
Tuberculosis Control Program Phone: 207-287-3748
Infectious / Epidemiology Disease Control Phone: 207-287-5301
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, (NIOSH)*
Publisher of
"Latex Allergy: A Prevention Guide"
The NIOSH homepage for health care workers
New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health, (NYCOSH)*
Publisher of "How You Can Use OSHA's New Bloodborne Pathogens Rules to Protect Your Safety and Health"
Occupational Safety & Health Association, (OSHA)*
Publisher of
"Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens" and
"How to Prevent Needlestick Injuries: Answers to Some Important Questions"
Each OSHA region 1 has an expert on the identification and elimination of infectious
disease hazards. Region I includes New England
OSHA Region I Office
JFK Federal Building
Room E340
Boston, MA 02203
Phone: 617-565-9860
Fax: 617-565-9827
Service Employees International Union, Safe Needles Now Campaign
Publisher of
"Implementing Safe Needles Law: Inferior 'Safer' Needles" and other Dangerous
Practices
Mailing address:
SEIU's Guide to Preventing Needlestick Injuries
1313 L St. NW
Washington DC 20005
Phone: 202-898-3200
United Teachers Foundation, (UTF)*
Publisher of factsheets on AIDS & HIV, meningitis, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis
available on the Internet at Website:
factsheets
and publisher of:
"Living and Working with HIV Infection"