Hospital Employee Health – November 1, 2006
November 1, 2006
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Get your N95s ready; masks may not be enough for pandemic flu
Stock up on N95 respirators. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is considering its guidance using sugical masks in the event of pandemic influenza and soon may recommend using N95 filtering face-piece respirators. -
How transmissible is H5N1 and how do we prepare?
Think broadly when it comes to preparedness. Even if H5N1 avian influenza never becomes a wide-spread threat to humans, you still need to plan for a pandemic, public health experts say. -
Hospitals might compete with the public for masks
During a pandemic, masks and respirators will be in great demand from health care facilities across the globe. But hospitals also may be competing with the general public and businesses that believe they need the protective equipment. -
HIV testing becomes more routine with new guidance
Routine HIV screening of patients could benefit health care workers who need to know the HIV status of patients following a bloodborne pathogen exposure. -
It takes teamwork to prevent slips and falls
It's easy to overlook the second-greatest cause of workplace injury because the incidents seem ordinary and isolated. -
EH often sidelined at Joint Commission surveys
Employee health professionals are asking for a greater voice -- and more attention -- from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. -
Set policies to balance patient, employee safety
A staph infection develops among several patients in a unit, and the investigation begins. Lab tests show the cases are linked. Could an employee be the carrier? -
Set a protocol for HCWs with CA-MRSA wounds
The emergence of community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has raised concerns about how to prevent hospital-based outbreaks. -
Long hours put nurses at higher risk for MSDs
Long working hours among nurses may contribute to higher injury rates, new research shows. -
2006 Salary Survey Results: Seek a higher profile for yourself -- and EH
Employee health professionals take on duties that overlap with other jobs in the hospital, including risk manager, safety officer, infection control, and educator.