Occupational Health Management Archives – December 1, 2004
December 1, 2004
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Return to work after traumatic injury or a long absence requires a strategy
Its a common observation when the discussion is about return-to-work plans: Every return to work plan is different because every employee/patient is different. But what about cases that are really different when the employee has been off work for five years or is returning after a traumatic injury that not only affected the employee, but also the co-workers who witnessed it? -
Do everyone a favor when you’re sick: Stay home!
Whats more contagious than the flu carried by the co-worker who comes in to work sick? Maybe the pressure to be at work even though sick. -
Creating, updating safety manual critical
Ask someone where a copy of his or her companys safety manual can be found, and theres a chance they wont know. Although a necessary part of a safety program, a safety manual is generally a tool nobody wants to assemble, keep up with, or update. -
Work environment may hasten nurse retirement
Work stress and dissatisfaction with the work environment may hasten the retirement of aging nurses, according to a study by the Center for American Nurses, an Austin, TX-based affiliate of the American Nurses Association. -
CDC Q&A on national flu vaccine shortage
In response to the national influenza vaccine shortage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing the answers to some of the most common questions by clinicians and the public. -
Counseling, support aid Alzheimer’s caregivers
A combination of counseling and support services may reduce the risk of depression in people caring for a spouse with Alzheimers disease, a new study says. -
AAOHN revises ergo web site
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses is rolling out several additions to its ergonomics web site.