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To improve hand hygiene among health care workers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Health care workers only need to use the traditional soap and water if their hands are visibly soiled, according to the CDC.
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Hospitals seeking to make alcohol-based hand gels as accessible as possible have run into a firewall. Some state or local fire marshals have prohibited dispensers in corridors because of concerns about flammability.
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Over the past 50 years, our understanding of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has evolved, not only with respect to the pathophysiology of lung injury and hypoxemia, but also with the definition of this syndrome and its treatment. We still have a long way to go in our understanding about the variability in pulmonary gas exchange in patients with ARDS.
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Positive Alendronate Data in Osteoporosis; NSAIDs For Myocardial Infarction; Four-Hour Window for CAP Patients; FDA Actions.
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The tougher enforcement touted by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) so far has failed to significantly affect the hospital sector. No hospitals have received citations related to ergonomic hazards, despite the fact that overexertion in lifting is the leading cause of injury in the industry.
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) in Washington, DC, is making a major push for zero lift.
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Older nurses returning to work have helped ease the nursing shortage, but they also create a greater imperative for ergonomic modifications, says Peter Buerhaus, PhD, senior associate dean for research at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, TN.
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A small section in the massive new Medicare law brings all hospitals into compliance with the bloodborne pathogens standard. State and local hospitals now will be subject to the same provisions including the involvement of front-line health care workers as other hospitals that fall under the purview of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
