Occupational Health Management Archives – January 1, 2005
January 1, 2005
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Information gatekeepers: Occ-health nurses must ensure employee privacy
If you provide medical services at a companys on-site clinic or occupational health office, you know the balancing act organizing charts so they contain what they should but dont contain more than is necessary; having information readily available to those permitted access to it, but making sure privacy laws are observed. -
Should flu vaccine be forced on workers?
The severe nationwide shortage of killed flu vaccine has put a stop, at least temporarily, to initiatives in some places that would force health care workers to be vaccinated or risk their jobs, but some health care experts warn that the solution advocated by at least one state that health care workers forego the vaccine entirely so that more is available for higher-risk groups could be dangerous to the very people it aims to protect. -
Dallas program slashes presenteeism rates
Presenteeism can seem an almost insurmountable cost of doing business, but a two-year study and project by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas shows that reducing the direct and indirect costs of a major cause of lost productivity is possible in a big way. -
Eating at your desk? Disinfectant is in order
Employees might save some time during the workday by having lunch at their desks, but they could pay for it by making themselves sick. -
Reducing Hispanic on-job death rate
The Department of Labor hopes to reduce the number of foreign-born Latino workers who die or are injured while working in the United States. -
Safety management certification offered
Occupational health nurses who spend a large part of their workday dealing with safety activities soon can be certified in safety management, to demonstrate competence in the field of safety and promote career development for certified occupational health nurses in an expanded role.