California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 16 - Control of Hazardous Substances › Article 109 - Hazardous Substances and Processes › Appendix A - Aerosol Transmissible Diseases/Pathogens (Mandatory)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
This appendix contains a list of diseases and pathogens
						  which are to be considered aerosol transmissible pathogens or diseases for the
						  purpose of Section
						  5199. Employers are required to
						  provide the protections required by Section
						  5199 according to whether the
						  disease or pathogen requires airborne infection isolation or droplet
						  precautions as indicated by the two lists below.
Diseases/Pathogens Requiring Airborne Infection
						  Isolation
Aerosolizable spore-containing powder or other
						  substance that is capable of causing serious human disease, e.g.
						  Anthrax/
Bacillus anthracis
Avian influenza/Avian influenza A viruses (strains
						  capable of causing serious disease in humans)
Varicella disease (chickenpox, shingles)/Varicella
						  zoster and Herpes zoster viruses, disseminated disease in any patient.
						  Localized disease in immunocompromised patient until disseminated infection
						  ruled out
Measles (rubeola)/Measles virus
Monkeypox/Monkeypox virus
Novel or unknown pathogens
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Smallpox (variola)/Varioloa virus
Tuberculosis (TB)/
Mycobacterium
						  tuberculosis
-- Extrapulmonary, draining lesion; Pulmonary or
						  laryngeal disease, confirmed; Pulmonary or laryngeal disease, suspected
Any other disease for which public health guidelines
						  recommend airborne infection isolation
Diseases/Pathogens Requiring Droplet
						  Precautions
Diphtheria pharyngeal
Epiglottitis, due to
Haemophilus
						  influenzae
type b
Haemophilus influenzae
Serotype b
						  (Hib) disease
/Haemophilus influenzae
serotype b -- Infants and
						  children
Influenza, human (typical seasonal
						  variations)/influenza viruses
Meningitis
Haemophilus influenzae
, type b known
						  or suspected
Neisseria meningitidis
(meningococcal)
						  known or suspected
Meningococcal disease sepsis, pneumonia (see also
						  meningitis)
Mumps (infectious parotitis)/Mumps virus
Mycoplasmal pneumonia
Parvovirus B19 infection (erythema infectiosum)
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Pharyngitis in infants and young children/Adenovirus,
						  Orthomyxoviridae, Epstein-Barr virus, Herpes simplex virus,
Pneumonia
Adenovirus
Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b, infants and
						  children
Meningococcal
Mycoplasma, primary atypical
Streptococcus Group A
Pneumonic plague/
Yersinia
						  pestis
Rubella virus infection (German measles)/Rubella
						  virus
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Streptococcal disease (group A streptococcus)
Skin, wound or burn, Major
Pharyngitis in infants and young children
Pneumonia
Scarlet fever in infants and young children
Serious invasive disease
Viral hemorrhagic fevers due to Lassa, Ebola, Marburg,
						  Crimean-Congo fever viruses (airborne infection isolation and respirator use
						  may be required for aerosol-generating procedures)
Any other disease for which public health guidelines
						  recommend droplet precautions