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Health care workers may be at risk for reproductive disorders and cancer due to improper handling of hazardous drugs in hospitals.
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Janine Jagger, PhD, MPH, whose research and advocacy brought attention to the preventable hazards posed by needle devices, has received a MacArthur Foundation award, which provides an unrestricted award of $100,000 for five years. Jagger, who is director of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, says she plans to use the funds to expand the centers work in developing countries.
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Stop trying to get health care workers to wash their hands.
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Amid a nationwide decline in tuberculosis cases and opposition to new rules on skin testing and respirator fit-testing, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is prepared to withdraw its proposed tuberculosis standard.
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The first stage of smallpox vaccination has begun, even before the doses are released or a final plan formulated. Across the country, hospitals are educating health care workers about smallpox and the vaccinia vaccine.
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AHA Financial Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association in Chicago, is offering a new ergonomics consultation program. Diligent, which is associated with the Arjo Corp. ergonomic equipment company, will provide ongoing consultation, employee training, implementation of equipment, and measurement of progress. The Diligent Ergonomic Risk Management Program provides a guarantee of a 60% reduction in transfer-related injuries for three years.
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Is your organization plagued by performance-improvement initiatives that fail to achieve their intended goals? Are gains short-lived?
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For the third year in a row, health care quality in the United States improved substantially, despite broad public concerns over cost, the uninsured, patient safety, and other systemwide ills, according to a new report from the Washington, DC-based National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
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The continuing shortage of nurses in the United States has a direct effect on patients survival after surgery, according to a new study.
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One strategy for improving the quality of health care is to evaluate providers and plans, and to publish the results to help consumers make more informed choices.