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HealthGrades, a Golden, CO-based health care ratings organization that provides the public with ratings on more than 750,000 physicians and 5,000 hospitals, has just released a study it claims "evaluates hospital emergency medicine for the first time."
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Unroe and associates prospectively enrolled 126 consecutive survivors of prolonged mechanical ventilation, along with their surrogates, and followed them for 1 year after discharge from the ICU.
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Healthcare Risk Management a sister publication to Hospital Employee Health -- was recently awarded first place in the category of "Best Instructional Reporting" by the Specialized Information Publishing Association.
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As more hospitals tackle the injuries from patient handling, a second major cause of musculoskeletal injury is coming to the forefront: Slips, trips, and falls.
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The search for a better respirator continues. For health care workers, the difficulties with respiratory protection extend beyond the question of fit. They also struggle with tolerability and comfort throughout a shift.
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Better-fitting respirators may not be the only outcome of proposed new criteria for N95s. Some critics predict frustration and confusion will be unintended consequences of the proposed rule.
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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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The "greening" of American hospitals may be a golden opportunity for employee health.
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