Occupational Health Management Archives – January 1, 2003
January 1, 2003
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OSHA’s draft of ergo guidelines for nursing homes praised and criticized
In the wake of its ill-fated ergonomics rule, the U.S. Occupational Health & Safety Administration decided, instead, to draft a series of ergonomic guidelines for specific industries. Significantly, the first of these drafts to be published deals with health care workers those in nursing homes. -
Keys to selecting an equipment supplier
The Occupational Safety and Health Administrations draft ergonomics guidelines for nursing homes notes that the selection of the equipment supplier is an important consideration in the procurement of control equipment. -
Interfacilty communication key to violence prevention
With all the complex issues raised by workplace violence, it may be something as simple as communication that holds the key to success. Not that policies, training, and a safe work environment arent important, but poor communication can minimize the effectiveness of the best efforts in these areas. -
Licit drugs a threat to worker wellness
An exclusive focus on illicit drug use by employees is causing the nations occupational health professionals to overlook another major threat to worker health and safety: licit drug use. -
Two simple questions help spot depression
Over the past two weeks, have you felt down, depressed, or hopeless? and Over the past two weeks, have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing things? Those two simple questions may be as effective as more complex tools in helping to spot employees who may be suffering from depression and in identifying those workers who should be referred for a thorough diagnostic workup. -
Grandma may have been right: Heat works best
In our relentless pursuit of new technology and better and ever more effective drug therapies, we can sometimes overlook the fact that some basic truths of healing still apply. One of those truths may be the efficacy of continuous low-level heat therapy for back pain and other musculoskeletal discomfort. -
Case manager listserv offers new resources
Occupational health case managers in search of new sources of information on best practices or referral resources need look no further than their e-mail mailbox, if they are members of CM Onelist. -
News briefs
NIOSH training DVD focuses on stress; Minnesota Hospital and Healthcare Partnership tool examines health care vacancies; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration funds health work force studies