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Add current data to your clinical knowledge base: the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued updated recommendations for routine and catch-up vaccination of females with the bivalent or quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccines (HPV2, HPV4), as well as published its policy statement and summarized background data on use of the HPV4 vaccine in males.
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Imagine being an occupational health nurse at a plant that had 10% of its workforce off work, because of work-related injuries or illnesses.
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You might imagine that employees consider occupational health to be a valuable resource, and a tireless advocate for their health and safety. However, you won't really know for sure unless you ask.
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For emergency room nurse Rita Anderson, RN, CEN, the assault was as sudden and unpredictable as a stroke of lightning.
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"Two dead in Tennessee Hospital Shooting" New York Times, April 19, 2010
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The unprotected exposure of a respiratory therapist who later developed bacterial meningitis triggered the first citations under California's new Aerosol Transmissible Disease Standard with fines of $101,485, including two "willful" violations, the strongest possible penalty, against Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, CA.
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Why is it that back injuries are one of the most costly and common worker's compensation injuries?
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Even for the most budget-sensitive programs, there are easy ways to implement low-cost initiatives that can result in great rewards down the line. Here are some suggestions from Brenda Schanhofer, wellness coordinator at Miron Construction Co. in Neenah, WI:
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Preventing an illness or disease from happening in the first place may seem like "invisible" gains to many, but you don't have to settle for that. Instead, come up with figures to show the large dollar amount of savings that occurs by preventing just one costly diagnosis.