Hospital Employee Health 1999 Index
Hospital Employee Health 1999 Index
AIDS (see HIV)
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
court denies petition of, NOV:129
recommendations to reduce occupational exposure to TB, FEB:16
updates vaccination recommendations, OCT:109
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
unsafe needle devices, MAY:51
Web site, DEC:144
Bloodborne exposures (see also HBV, HCV, HIV, Needlesticks, Safer needle devices)
CDC guidelines for HCV-exposed workers, DEC:136
checklist for exposure prevention, OCT:insert
exposed workers suffer stress, DEC:137
HCV-exposed workers, DEC:133
HIV PEP resources, JUL:75
HIV postexposure prophylaxis, JUL:73
Capillary tubes
FDA issues safety alert, MAR:27
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
guidelines for daily smoke-tube testing, APR:43
guidelines for HCV-exposed workers, DEC:136
guidelines for pertussis, SEP:107
guidelines for prevention of TB transmission, FEB:15
omits safer devices for HCV prevention, JAN:4
PCR testing for HCV, JAN:5
Certification
ensures high-quality practice, APR:42
Chemical hazards
Web sites, MAY:59
Conjunctivitis
policies and procedures, JAN:10
policies may need a second look, JAN:9
Employee health services (EHS)
changes and challenges at three hospitals (LR), JAN:11
"Guidelines for Employee Health Services in Health Care Facilities," JAN:7
increasing regulations for department, FEB:22
Ergonomics (see also Musculoskeletal injuries)
draft rule available on internet, APR:38
lift-free policy, SEP:104
OSHA readies rule, NOV:121
OSHA vows standard by summer, JAN:1
personal ergonomics checklist, FEB:insert
practical advice for preventing injuries, FEB:17
Program Evaluation Profile, MAR:31
program reduces lifting injuries, MAR:29
VDT Quick Check Workstation Assessment, FEB:19
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
acts on congressional demands to reduce sharps injuries, MAR:29
FDA/NIOSH/OSHA Advisory on Glass Capillary Tubes, MAY:54
glass capillary tubes, MAR:27
issues safety alert on glass capillary tubes, MAY:53
safer needle technology recommendations, MAY:52
Hand washing
study of health care workers (LR), APR: 46
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
exclusive survey results, AUG:89
postexposure prophylaxis recommendations, AUG:90
vaccination programs, AUG:92
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
CDC guidelines fail to recommend safer devices, JAN:4
CDC guidelines for exposed workers, DEC:136
PCR testing for, JAN:5
stress after exposures, DEC:137
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
PEP resources, JUL:75
postexposure prophylaxis, JUL:73
Immunizations
cuts absenteeism, JUN:67
HCWs reluctant to get flu shots, OCT:117
programs increase influenza compliance rates, JUN:68
Infection control
hand washing (LR), APR:46
Web sites, DEC:144
Influenza
HCWs reluctant to get flu shots, OCT:117
immunization cuts absenteeism, JUN:67
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
adds specific EHS examples to standards, OCT:115
decides against employee health standards, JUN:70
Latex allergy
change model, DEC:139
eliminating powdered gloves (LR), MAR:34
going powder-free, SEP:101
lawsuits, NOV:126
OSHA warning, JUN:61
powder-free gloves, MAY:55
surgeons voluntarily give up latex gloves, SEP:97
study highlights dangers in OR, SEP:99
Web sites, JUL:83
Lawsuits
latex, NOV:126
Literature Review (LR)
JAN:11
MAR:34
APR:46
NOV:130
Musculoskeletal injuries
draft ergonomics rule available on Internet, APR:38
lift-free policy, SEP:104
OSHA ergonomics rule to hit hospitals in September, AUG:94
OSHA pledges ergonomics law by summer, JAN:1
program reduces lifting injuries, MAR:29
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
FDA/NIOSH/OSHA Advisory on Glass Capillary Tubes, MAY:54
issues safety alert on glass capillary tubes, MAY:53
proposes study of needlestick alert, NOV:129
to establish sharps injury guidelines, MAR:25
Needlesticks (see also Safer needle devices)
checklist for exposure prevention, OCT:insert
federal safety mandate likely, AUG:85
NIOSH proposes alert, NOV:129
OSHA request for information, AUG:88
sharps patrol program, FEB:21
Web sites, MAR:33
union launches state-by-state campaign, APR:37
Nosocomial infections
pertussis, SEP:105
tuberculosis, NOV:125
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
acts on congressional demands to reduce sharps injuries, MAR:25
draft ergonomics rule available on internet, APR:38
ergonomics rule to hit hospitals in September, AUG:94
issues latex allergy warning, JUN:61
issues safety alert on glass capillary tubes, MAY:53
may revise respirator, skin-test provisions in final TB standard, FEB:13
may target high-hazard hospitals with wall-to-wall inspections, MAY:49
needlestick request for information, AUG:88
nursing internships, MAY:58
pledges ergonomics law by summer, JAN:1
readies ergonomics, TB rules, NOV:121
receives additional comments on TB rule, NOV:124
recommends risk reducing policies on latex by hospitals, JUN:64
Pertussis
protocol to stem nosocomial spread, SEP:105
Postexposure prophylaxis
CDC recommendations for HBV, AUG:90
HIV, JUL:73
HIV resources, JUL:75
policies, protocol, problems, JUL:76
Preplacement examinations
EHS questionnaire, JUL:81
forms, JUL:insert
health assessments, JUL:80
physical, JUL:79
Respirators
fit-testing almost certain for final TB standard, MAR:33
fit-testing requirement may be revised in final TB standard, FEB:13
Safer needle devices
and APIC, MAY:51
Congress demands action, JAN:6
FDA recommendations, MAY:52
federal agencies act to reduce sharps injuries, MAR:25
federal mandate likely, AUG:85
OSHA request for information, AUG:88
safety feature evaluation forms, APR:insert
'sharps patrol' program, FEB:21
TDICT project on safer needles devices, APR:40
Salary survey
NOV: supplement
Service Employees International Union
state-by-state campaign for safe needle legislation, APR:37
Sharps containers
'sharps patrol' program, FEB:21
Survey
hepatitis B virus (HBV) results, AUG:89
Toxicology
Web sites, DEC:144
Tuberculosis
CDC guidelines for preventing transmission, FEB:15
daily testing ordered for isolation rooms, APR:43
nosocomial spread, NOV:125
OSHA readies rule, NOV:121
OSHA reopens record on rule, NOV:124
respirator fit, skin test provisions in final standard, FEB:13
Vaccinations (see Immunizations)
financial savings for varicella, OCT:110
HBV, AUG:92
revised CDC varicella recommendations, OCT:114
varicella, OCT:109
varicella consent form, OCT:insert
Varicella
ACIP updates vaccination recommendations, OCT:109
financial savings from vaccinations, OCT:110
revised CDC vaccine recommendations, OCT:114
risks for unvaccinated adults, OCT:113
vaccination consent form, OCT:insert
Violence
workplace anger, depression, NOV:130
Wellness programs
Kailo holistic program, DEC:140
National Employee Health and Fitness Day, APR:45
Worker's compensation
avoiding risk for HCV exposures, DEC:133
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