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A focus on disaster preparedness…

All of us are, most likely, very busy with giving flu vaccines, and using and/or

revising our disaster preparedness systems to ready for a potential Ebola expo-

sure. Important work. One of our many OHN roles is to educate our manage-

ment and employees about how to keep safe in times of new and continuing

exposures. We have just posted the latest Cal-OSHA interim guidelines for

Ebola on our CECRAOHN website (www.cecraohn.org) I was also just reflecting

how lucky we are in California to have the Cal-OSHA Aerosolized Transmission Disease standard in place

(http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5199.HTML)

I also want to remind our members of the great (free!) respiratory protection educational materials

on the AAOHN website: http://aaohnacademy.org/rpp/rpp-program.php

It also is the 25 year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, a 6.9 magnitude on the Richter

scale, with the epicenter in Santa Cruz County, near Watsonville. This is our CECRAOHN region! The Hay-

ward fault has been in the news lately due to its activity and “creep”---it is very helpful to use some of the

wonderful tools from the US Geological Service, to see the location of the Hayward fault:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/haywardfault/

President’s Message– Barbara Burgel RN, PhD, FAAN, FAAOHN

The Newsletter of CECRAOHN

Inside this issue:

General Announcements 3

AAOHN Give It Up Campaign 4

Membership Appreciation

Event

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Monterey Mushroom Event 6

Member in the Spotlight 7

GA Update 8

Scholarship Info 12

NewsLine Online…

Volume 12, Issue 3 November 2014

California El Camino Real Association of Occupational Health Nurses

P. O. Box 3132

Los Altos, CA 94024

Website: www.cecraohn.org

Email: cecraohn@gmail.com

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President’s Message Continued on Page 2

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2014 CECRAOHN Board

Barbara Burgel President

Nonie Devens President Elect

Susan Hazy Past President

Bev Nuchols Secretary

Karen Sternstein Treasurer

Elaine Icenhour Membership

TBD Programs

Stephanie Phelps Programs

TBD Programs

Salena Quan Communications

Michelle Pastor Nominations

Susan Hazy Nominations

Cathy Malabanan Nominations

Denise Souza CECRAOHN– Governmental Affairs

Denise Souza CSAOHN Liaison– Governmental Affairs

President’s Message Continued from Page 1

I know we are all doing preparedness; how best to refresh these trainings is the key challenge in my

mind. I am reflecting on the Japanese company, in the World Trade Center (WTC) 9-11 terrorist at-

tack, where I have heard that each employee had a backback in their office, and in this backpack

they had emergency preparedness supplies, including, for example, an N95 respirator, safety

glasses, a flashlight with batteries, a bottle of water, with a first aid kit. How easy would this be to

implement in our workplaces? I also have been on the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory

Council meetings, and when I am at these meetings twice a year, I always run into council members

going up and down the emergency exit stairs in the hotel and meeting areas… knowing how to

evacuate a building is positively correlated with surviving a disaster. This is confirmed by Robyn

Gershon’s study of survivors of the WTC.

http://www.survivorsnet.org/research/Fire%20and%20Materials%20Quantitative%20Paper%

20fnl%20of%20Factors%20dnd.pdf

The American Red Cross has wonderful apps for first aid and disaster preparedness, and

the best part is that these apps are linked to the weather service: http://www.redcross.org/

prepare/disaster

This is a great time to re-energize our OHN efforts in disaster preparedness. Let us make

sure we are ready!

Happy holidays to all. For your 2015 New Year Resolution, please think of getting involved in our

wonderful CECRAOHN Chapter. We have a great team, and would love to welcome your talents.

I wish to thank and acknowledge all the work of the CECRAOHN Board of Directors—thank you!!

- Barbara

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Announcements

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Please register for our website at www.cecraohn.org to receive notifications of CECRAOHN events and im-

portant news.

*Please note: for full access to the website, and to keep up to date on chapter news and announce-

ments, free registration is required through Nursing Network. Only tabs with * are required. Your informa-

tion is kept confidential and you will not be contacted outside of CECRAOHN purposes.

Our new website features:

Updated job postings

News and announcements in the field of Occupational and Environmental Health

Ability to network with other members who have registered to join our website

Access to our newsletters

Access to our bylaws and meeting minutes (*registered website users only)

Ability to RSVP for events via our website

Send CECRAOHN a message directly via our website

Shout Outs To:

Katy Lind Evelyn, winner of the Medique Award!

The Medique Leadership Award is awarded by participating state associations to an outstanding

Occupational Health Nurse Member, who has exhibited leadership in participating in the associa

tion and professional activities. A plaque is presented to the nurse who has shown the highest

qualities of leadership as determined by his/her peers. Medique provides an educational award of

$300.00 to the state association's continuing education fund in the name of the award winning

nurse.

CECRAOHN Annual Business Meeting:

The annual business meeting was held on November 14, 2014 in San Diego. The presentation

shared by Barbara Burgel, CECRAOHN President is now posted on the CECRAOHN website under “Bylaws

and Meeting Minutes”

Upcoming Events:

CECRAOHN Board of Directors meeting in January– If you have any feedback or

suggestions for 2015, please let us know

AAOHN National Conference in Boston March 23-26, 2015

CSAOHN Conference in Sacramento November 12-14, 2015

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Give Up an Indulgence for a Good Cause and a Healthier Life

The AAOHN Foundation launched its 2014-2015 Fundraising Campaign in early August. The

campaign is designed to support the important work of the AAOHN Foundation while also encouraging

members to live a healthier life. Here is how it works:

From August 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015, give up one indulgence per week (e.g., cup of coffee,

cocktail, dessert, pack of cigarettes) and donate the cost of the indulgence to the AAOHN Foundation.

At an average indulgence cost of $4, over the 26-week campaign you can give $104 to the Foundation

while making small steps toward healthier living. For every $52 you contribute during the campaign

period, you will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card.

Your donations can be made at the end of the campaign period by mailing a check for the AAOHN

Foundation to the National Office or you can give at the AAOHN Foundation booth at the AAOHN 2015

National Conference.

Your support is appreciated and will allow the AAOHN Foundation to raise money for education and

research that benefits all members of the association.

AAOHN Give It Up Campaign

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Give up an indulgence

for a good cause and

a healthier life!

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Membership Appreciation Event at Korbel Winery– by Stephanie Phelps, RN, ANP-BC, PhD (c)

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CECRAOHN held its annual membership appreciation event on Saturday, September 6th, 2014 at

Korbel Champagne Cellars in Guerneville, CA. 24 CECRAOHN members and guests attended the event.

We were greeted at Corbel by Lois Temple, the Korbel Occupational Health Nurse, and received a histori-

cal tour of Korbel, followed by a lovely lunch on the veranda. After lunch, we tasted the different Korbel

champagnes and toured the production room and warehouse. Lois presented a Korbel occupational

health and safety presnetation, which was followed by CSAOHN President, Mary Gene Ryan’s “Fit to a T”

Bone & Joint Initiative on Osteoporosis. The membership appreciation program was evaluated favorably

by attendees.

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Monterey Mushroom Farm Event– by Karen Sternstein, RN, CM

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10 CECRAOHN nurses joined Dr. Walt Newman, the medical director of the Monterey Mushroom Farm on

Saturday morning October 11, 2014. We met Dr. Newman at his office for an injection refresher course and then

caravanned to the farm about 10 minutes away.

We worked under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation program (Public Law 99-660 established a no-

fault liability regulation). We divided into two groups after setting up the clinic in a conference room. Half of us went

on the tour of the mushroom farm and packaging facility and the other half gave vaccinations. Then we switched.

We administered about 90 vaccines. Some workers brought their children. This was the first chance for the employ-

ees to get vaccinated this season, and that day was a high yield mushroom picking day so some deferred to an-

other time. Although a large percentage of workers spoke Spanish, there were also agricultural workers from the

Punjab region of India and we were fortunate to have a CECRAOHN nurse with us who spoke Punjabi.

When we were done, we were treated to lunch and talked a bit about health care issues facing the agricul-

tural workers, and how affordable healthcare reforms have affected their health care coverage. We had such a

good time that we hope to make this a CECRAOHN annual community service project. To learn more about the

Monterey Mushroom Farm, check out www.montmush.com

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Q: Are you from the Bay Area?

That fact that I am not all that nice should be a giveaway. Born and raised in

New England.

Q: Where did you get your degree?

I did my RN training in Connecticut, but did my NP work and OH training at

UCSF.

Q: Where do you work and how long have you worked there?

I’ve been the full-time medical provider at SLAC National Accelerator Lab for

about 3 years. Before that I was in the Stanford Emergency Department as an RN.

Q: How did you become interested in Occupational Health Nursing?

I fell into it, and then became interested. When I applied to UCSF it was very very late in the application

cycle and there were few spots remaining, so I applied to OH. I came to love the preventative medicine

aspect, working to prevent injury and illness in addition to treating those that occur.

Q: What is your job like?

I care for and manage care for those with occupational injuries or illnesses, though about ½ of our clinic

visits are for non-occupational conditions for which I may provide basic care and/or refer out to their

personal care provider. I work closely with Stanford wellness groups on classes and workshops, the on-

site recreation center (gym) on program and exercise prescriptions, the Industrial Hygiene and safety

groups on worker health, and on a variety of projects and initiatives.

Q: What do you like the best about your job?

I get to wear a lots of different hats (not literally, though I really should wear more hats). In addition to

patient care I get to participate in a variety of projects and events and have a lot of collaboration with

outside groups.

Q: What do you like to do in your free time?

Most weekends I will find time for a trail run (yawn, I know). But I also like to make time for periodic

adventures (I went to the Galapagos in April and am headed to Patagonia in December).

Member in the Spotlight- Matt DeAngelis, RN, NP

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If you would like to be the next “Member in the Spotlight”, please email board@cecraohn.org

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GA Update- by Denise Souza, MSN, ANP-BC, COHN-S/CM Page 8

Letters of Support:

-California Department of Public Health in support of NIOSH funding for State Occupational Health and

Safety Surveillance

-California Department of Public Health in support of NIOSH funding for California Workers Compensa-

tion Surveillance

-Cal-OSHA Standard Board in support of Cal-OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Standard (Title 8, section

3395) proposed revisions.

Legislation Update:

AB 1576 Adult film 2014 – Held in APPR Committee

AB 69 Nitrate at Risk Fund – Didn’t make it out of committee

AB 193 HESIS

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/97-98/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_193_bill_19971008_chaptered.html

This bill, except as specified, when there is new scientific or medical information and the Chief of

HESIS, in consultation with the Director of Industrial Relations and the Chief of the Division of Environ-

mental and Occupational Disease Control in DPH, makes a specified determination, would require chemi-

cal manufacturers, formulators, suppliers, distributors, importers, and their agents to provide to HESIS

the names and addresses of their customers who have purchased specified chemicals or commercial

products containing those chemicals, and certain other information related to those shipments, upon

written request of HESIS, for every product the final destination of which may be a place of employment in

California. The bill would deem the names and addresses of customers, the quantities and dates of ship-

ments, and the proportion of a specified chemical within a mixture to be confidential. The bill would also

provide that DPH would be entitled to reimbursement of attorney’s fees and costs incurred in seeking an

injunction to enforce this requirement

Bills Chaptered and of Interest:

AB 1897 – Temp Workers

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1897

This bill would require a client employer to share with a labor contractor all civil legal responsibility and civil

liability for all workers supplied by that labor contractor for the payment of wages and the failure to obtain

valid workers’ compensation coverage. The bill would prohibit a client employer from shifting to the labor con-

tractor legal duties or liabilities under workplace safety provisions with respect to workers provided by the la-

bor contractor

SB 1299 Hospital Workplace Violence

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1299

Continued on page 9

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GA Update Continued from page 8

Regulations

Advisory/Committee Meetings

Subject Matter Advisory Meetings:

http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/DoshReg/advisory_committee.html

Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB)

Advisory Committees

http://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/advisorycommittees.html

Proposed Regulations

http://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/proposedregulations.html

Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board

Approved Regulations 2014

http://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/apprvd.html

GA Continued on Page 10

Regulation Status

First Aid No activity

Housekeeping 2013 and 2014 No activity

SB 863 WC

Report on Workers' Comp Reforms of SB 863

Shows Progress, Challenges in Enacting Law’s

Wide-ranging Changes

http://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2014/2014-

60.pdf

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GA Update Continued from Page 9

Approved Regulation Status Effective

Federal Final Rule, Globally Har-

monized System - Update to Haz-

ard Communication (Safety)

Filed with Secretary of State:

May. 5, 2014

May. 6, 2014

Hand Protection Filed with Secretary of State:

Apr. 1, 2014

Jul. 1, 2014

Federal Final Rule, Globally Har-

monized Systems - Update to

Hazard Communication (Health)

Filed with Secretary of

State: May. 5, 2014

May. 6,

2014

Update of Reference to California

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control

Devices for Streets and Highways

(CA MUTCD)

Filed with Secretary of State:

May 29, 2014

Jul. 1, 2014

Helicopter Landing Operations-

Note to Section 1903 (exempts

emergency response)

Filed with Secretary of

State: Oct. 2, 2014

Jan. 1, 2015

Fed OSHA DFR, Revision to

CDAC Scope: Exception For Dig-

ger Derrick

Filed with Secretary of State:

Apr. 28, 2014

Jul. 1, 2014

Lockout Tagout (LOTO) - Group

Lockout

Filed with Secretary of State:

Aug. 25, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

Powered Industrial Trucks–

Excessive Loads

Filed with Secretary of State:

Apr. 14, 2014

Jul. 1, 2014

Definitions for Woodworking Ma-

chines and Equipment

Filed with Secretary of State:

Jan. 9, 2014

Apr. 1, 2014

Operating Rules for Compaction

Equipment

Filed with Secretary of State:

Apr. 3, 2014

Jul. 1, 2014

Guarding of Vertical Food Mixers Filed with Secretary of State:

Jul. 31, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

Update and Harmonization of

Crane Hand Signals Standards

and Illustrations

Filed with Secretary of State:

Apr. 14, 2014

Jul. 1, 2014

Safe Patient Handling Filed with Secretary of State:

Jul. 31, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

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GA Continued from Page 10

Submitted by,

Denise Souza, MSN, ANP-BC, COHN-S/CM

Director of Government Affairs

Contact: dlsouza0129@gmail.com

Approved Regulation Status Effective

Airborne Contaminants, Naphtha-

lene

Filed with Secretary of

State: Jun. 24, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

Airborne Contaminants, N-

Methylpyrrolidone

Filed with Secretary of State:

Jan. 9, 2014

Apr. 1, 2014

Tank Storage Subject to Flooding,

Precautionary Measure

Filed with Secretary of

State: Jun. 2, 2014

Oct. 1, 2014

Cranes & Derricks in Construction

– Underground and Demolition

Filed with Secretary of State:

Jan. 9, 2014

Apr. 1, 2014

Membership Update:

Regular: 110

Treasurer’s Report:

As of November 2014, the

CECRAOHN balance is:

$18,931.62

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CECRAOHN Scholarship Application

General Information: A $200.00 scholarship is awarded annually to a member of CECRAOHN

to support attendance at the AAOHN Annual Conference or CSAOHN Annual Conference.

Eligibility Requirements:

1) Active member in good standing.

2) Active in the field of Occupational Health for at least one year.

3) Completed CECRAOHN Scholarship Application submitted at least two months before

planned conference attendance.

4) Current Resume (attached to application).

5) Agreement to present a poster session on a conference topic following conference

attendance.

Application:

I, _____________________________________, hereby apply for the CECRAOHN $200.00

scholarship to support my attendance at the � AAOHN Annual Conference or � CSAOHN Annual

Conference (check which Conference choice applies). I agree to present a poster session to

CECRAOHN members following Conference attendance.

Name: _______________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Phone number: _____________________ E-mail: ____________________________________

Present Employer: ______________________________________________________________

Position: ______________________________________________________________________

Length of time employed in Occupational Health: ______________________________________

Personal Goal regarding Conference attendance:

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________

Preferred Month to present a Poster Session following Conference attendance: ______________

Completed application form and attached resume must be received two months prior to

planned Conference attendance. Mail to:

CECRAOHN

Attention: Scholarship Application

P.O. Box 3132

Los Altos, CA 94024