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Improve Environmental Health and Patient Safety
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The "greening" of American hospitals may be a golden opportunity for employee health.
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A disability is now interpreted as any impairment that "substantially limits a major life activity," according to the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008.
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When Barbara Hayden, RN, COHN-S, an occupational health nurse with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Main Interior Building Health Unit in Washington, DC, started a weight loss program in January 2009, she expected to see big results.
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Do you think that better health is enough of a reward for employees who choose to take a health risk assessment? That may not be sufficient, if you want participation rates to brag about.
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If employees routinely put themselves at risk for injury by lifting improperly just to get a job done as quickly as possible, how would you know about this?
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which erred on the side of caution during the H1N1 influenza A pandemic now concedes surgical masks are sufficient to protect health care workers.
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A laundry worker died of acute asthma after breathing bleach fumes from an open pail. Floor cleaner splashed in the eyes of housekeepers. Even bystanders suffered irritating effects of disinfecting chemicals
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Kathleen Liever, an employment law associate at Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, FL, says to make these changes to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008: