Tagging Guns — Health Risks

Tagging guns are used in the garment and retail industries to attach price tags and code tags to clothing and other merchandise. The resources below discuss applicability of the Bloodborne Pathogens standard and methods to prevent workers using tagging guns from being infected with bloodborne pathogens.

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Bloodborne pathogens (Frequently asked questions)
Shared Tagging Guns and Bloodborne Disease Risk, Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service, California Department of Public Health, 2010
Label Tagging Devices, Federal OSHA memorandum, written in 1994, modified in 2009

January 2019

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