Hospital Employee Health – June 1, 2016
June 1, 2016
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Zika and Employee Health: Err on Side of Caution
Increased transmission of Zika virus is expected in the U.S. as Aedes mosquitoes emerge in a broad swath across roughly two-thirds of the country, raising a critical question for healthcare workers: Can Zika virus be transmitted from an infected patient by a needlestick?
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Outdoor Health Workers at Risk for Zika
For employee health professionals who have outdoor workers at their facilities, these are the basic Zika protection measures recommended by OSHA and NIOSH.
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Zika: New Test, but No Vaccine and Limited Treatment
More widespread testing for Zika virus is now available, as the FDA recently issued an Emergency Use Authorization for a Qualitative Real-Time RT-PCR test.
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NASA Forecasts Zika Mosquitoes in 50 Cities by Mid-July
NASA recently issued a modeling study that projects that prevalence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes for 50 selected U.S. cities in 21 states for the upcoming summer months.
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Fatal Attraction: Why are Mosquitoes Drawn to Some People Over Others?
Those with type O blood, beer consumption, foot odor, and heavy breathing may be seen by a female mosquito as a dream date, according to the American Mosquito Control Association.
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CDC Issuing New Infection Control Guidelines for Healthcare Workers
The CDC is updating its Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel, which was originally published in 1998 before a series of emerging pathogens posed occupational threats via SARS, H1N1 pandemic flu, MERS, Ebola, and Zika.
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New CDC Guidance Includes EH Program Elements, Pathogens
New infection control guidelines to protect healthcare workers will include the following overall program elements and specifically address the list of pathogens, according to the CDC.