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This trial was a randomized double-blind control trial of 89 women undergoing consecutive removal and replacement of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD). Of note, this study was part of a larger multicenter trial evaluating the bleeding profile and safety with repeat use of a LNG-IUD in women who had used their first device for close to 5 years.
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The problem of fatigued medical residents has gotten the attention of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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During last year's H1N1 influenza pandemic, health care workers inadvertently transmitted flu to their co-workers, in some cases triggering a hospital-based outbreak. That and other information about H1N1 transmission helped shape new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that rely on vaccination, respiratory hygiene, and monitoring of ill employees by employee health professionals.
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Karen Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, remembers the stick as if it happened in slow-motion, the details still clear to her 12 years later.
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If someone asks you for data on how many physicals you did this year, or how many drug tests were given to employees, this may sound like a pretty straightforward request. However, you need to think twice before handing it over.
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Is personal protective equipment (PPE) uncomfortable, too hot, poor-fitting or unattractive looking? The reality, very often, is that employees won't wear it.
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When an employee comes to you and tells you his shoulder is bothering him, you can do one of two things. You can either treat the problem and send him on his way, or you can dig deeper.
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Do you consider work areas as part of your "office?" If you do, you will almost certainly spot some unidentified Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations.
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A zero tolerance policy for bullying will get zero results, unless it spells out clearly what will be done in response to employee reports. Here are three questions that should be answered but are probably not in your company's policy: