Hazard Recognition. The CDC estimates that 5.6 million workers in the health care industry and related occupations are at risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and others.
1 In the state of North Dakota, there are about 100 licensed dairy herds. 2  The size of the dairy farming industry in North Dakota makes it the 35th largest milk-producing state in the United States.  Dairy farming on North Dakota dairy farms produced approximately 38 million gallons of milk in 2014.
Wisconsin, Idaho, New York, Pennsylvania and Idaho were the next leading states in total milk production. The top five dairy states accounted for nearly 52 percent of the total US dairy receipts. California ranked number one in the U.S. in the production of fluid milk, butter and nonfat dry milk.