by Brianna Crandall — April 29, 2016 — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have just issued new guidance and information for protecting workers from occupational exposure to the Zika virus as this year’s mosquito season arrives:
- Interim guidance for outdoor workers (including construction and landscaping workers), healthcare and laboratory workers, mosquito control workers, and business travelers to protect against occupational exposure to Zika virus;
- Interim guidance and recommendations for employers to use to protect their workers; and
- Interim guidance and recommendations for workers to consider to protect themselves from mosquito bites and exposure to an infected person’s blood or other body fluids.
CDC plans to continue to update this guidance as new information related to Zika virus transmission and related health effects becomes available, based on the accumulating evidence, expert opinion, and knowledge about the risk associated with other viral infections.
CDC’s Vector Surveillance and Control Web page supplies the most updated maps showing the approximate and potential locations of the two species of mosquitoes that are associated with Zika transmission.
Visit CDC’s Zika Virus Web page for comprehensive information and updates. See also “FMLink gathers Zika virus resources for FMs” on FMLink for an overview and more FM-specific information.
