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Health care workers may be contributing to an undetected spread of hepatitis B and C in ambulatory care centers, a concern that has prompted an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Safety devices that are never activated. Lift equipment gathering dust. Spills that arent cleaned promptly and lead to slips and falls. How many of your injuries are caused by the failure to follow basic safety rules and procedures?
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Youve heard the ergonomics horror story: Thousands of dollars of lift equipment gathering dust in a storage closet while nurses become disabled and rack up thousands of dollars more in workers compensation claims.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended flu vaccine for health care workers with direct patient care responsibilities. But what is direct patient care? The state of Wisconsin came up with this guidance.
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The Food and Drug Administration has authorized hospitals and other health care entities to redistribute flu vaccine due to the shortage.
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Hospitals began rationing the flu vaccine as the sudden shortage threw their annual fall campaigns into chaos. The complete loss of half the nations flu vaccine supply highlighted the fragility of a core public health function: vaccinating the population against a potentially deadly disease. By luck, hospitals that ordered from the right manufacturer received their complete vaccine stock, while others had none.
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In response to the national influenza vaccine shortage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing the answers to some of the most common questions by clinicians and the public.
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Ask someone where a copy of his or her companys safety manual can be found, and theres a chance they wont know. Although a necessary part of a safety program, a safety manual is generally a tool nobody wants to assemble, keep up with, or update.
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Whats more contagious than the flu carried by the co-worker who comes in to work sick? Maybe the pressure to be at work even though sick.
