Hospital Employee Health – February 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
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OSHA Seeks Comment on Violence Prevention Regulation
With recently finalized regulations in California serving as a possible template, OSHA is considering a national standard to protect healthcare workers, primarily from assaults by patients.
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CDC Expands Risk Assessment, Medical Exams in Draft Guidelines for Healthcare Workers
Employee health professionals can expect more proactive, informative guidance in the areas of risk assessment and medical evaluations in the upcoming CDC update and revision of its Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel.
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Healthcare Workers Fired for Refusing Flu Shots for Religious Reasons Win Legal Battle
Six healthcare workers fired for refusing mandatory flu shots for religious reasons won back pay and offers of reinstatement from Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, PA, according to published reports.
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Tips and Strategies for Post-exposure Follow-up of Healthcare Workers
The lead author of a recently published paper on healthcare exposures to infectious agents and post-exposure treatment fielded questions on the topic in a wide-ranging interactive session recently at the IDWeek 2016 conference.
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Healthcare Workers Don’t Mind Masking to Protect Patients
A universal masking policy for healthcare providers and home care workers dramatically reduced respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients, researchers report.