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Job Name
Home Health Aides
Description
Provide routine, personal health care, such as bathing, dressing, or grooming, to elderly, convalescent, or disabled persons in the home of patients or in a residential care facility.
Category
Health
SOC Code
31-1011
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Job Tasks
High risk job tasks associated with this job:
Care for sick patients (bloodborne pathogens)
Care for sick patients (droplet/airborne pathogens)
Care for sick patients (fecal-oral pathogens)
Generate latex dust using latex products
Generate psyllium dust
Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
Specialized Information Services
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894
National Institutes of Health
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Customer Service:
tehip@teh.nlm.nih.gov
Last updated: September, 2008