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Why is a standard needed? OSHA estimates eight million workers in the health care industryand related occupations are at risk of occupational exposure tobloodborne pathogens, including Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV, the virus that causes AIDS), hepatitis B virus (HBV) andhepatitisC cirus(HCV). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), 100,000 Americans have died from AIDS and more than onemillion Americans are infected with HIV. About 65 cases of HIV infection due to occupational exposureoccur each year.
Why is a standard needed? About 8,700 health care workers are infected with hepatitis Beach year. About 200 health care workers die from hepatitis B each year. One milliliter of blood can contain more than one millioninfectious doses of the hepatitis B virus. Sixty to 70 percent of the individuals infected with the hepatitisC virus show no discernable symptoms. According to the CDC, hepatitis C virus infection is the mostcommon chronic bloodborne infection in the United States.
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