Hospital Employee Health – January 1, 2008
January 1, 2008
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HHS draft: Hospitals must purchase antivirals for pandemic influenza
Hospitals need to make a huge new investment in antiviral medications to protect their workers from pandemic influenza, according to new draft recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prophylaxis could cost an individual hospital more than $125,000. -
'Highest-risk' HCWs to get first pandemic vaccine
Who will receive the first precious doses of vaccine to protect against an emerging pandemic influenza strain? -
Are you in 'employee health' or 'occ health'?
Q: What's the difference between an employee health nurse and an occupational health nurse? A: "Occupational health" is a specialty with certification that requires knowledge of workers' compensation, injury prevention, and wellness. -
Fit and Fat: Why not to promote weight loss
If you want to promote a healthy lifestyle for your employees, maybe you should start by throwing away the scale. -
Saving backs — hospital finds it's déjà vu again
Ergonomics specialist Catherine Gouvin, OTR/L, CHT, remembers how impressed she was when she heard of a Connecticut hospital that had reduced its patient handling injuries by almost 50% and cut its lost workdays by two-thirds by purchasing lifts and training its work force to use them. -
Sharps injury risk higher in home health
Home health nurses face a substantial risk of sharps injuries but often do not get prompt follow-up, according to a study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. -
Safety primer targets frontline nurse staff
Don't you wish nurses knew how to care for themselves as well as they do their patients?