Hospital Employee Health – September 1, 2013

September 1, 2013

• Is OSHA neglecting its duty to protect health care workers?

  An aide in a state-run nursing home is more likely to be injured than a police officer. More work-related injuries and illnesses occurred in the nations hospitals than in any other industry in 2011.

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• Questions arise over vaccine-or-mask rules

  Get the flu vaccine or wear a mask during flu season. That ultimatum is becoming increasingly commonplace in the nations hospitals.

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• Opiod overuse a ‘public health emergency’

  Doctors are prescribing more and more narcotics to injured workers every year. Oxycontin, an opioid associated with prescription drug abuse, is the most commonly prescribed medication in workers compensation claims.

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• Are you crushed by HCW absences?

  Too many hospital employees are missing in action. Health care workers have among the highest rates of family and medical leave.

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• A touch of grey: Time to become age-friendly

  Make changes to help HCWs of all ages.

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