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One hundred thousand nurses may soon be part of an effort that could lead to a safer health care workplace.
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In a typical shift, nurses perform dozens of small actions that could put them at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome: pushing the plunger of syringes, pressing blood pressure bulbs, tapping into keyboards. Nurses are among the workers with the highest levels of overexertion injuries, and occupational health researchers are seeking interventions that could reduce that risk.
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A federal advisory panel endorsed an "employer requirement" for health care facilities that fail to vaccinate 90% of their health care workers against influenza but gave employers a wide berth to interpret what type of requirements they might set.
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To usher in one of the most comprehensive rules ever in an anti-regulatory political climate, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration may need some fire power. The agency lobbed its first volley with a white paper outlining the benefits of an injury and illness prevention program rule.
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While the pressure grows to raise the rate of influenza vaccination of health care workers to 90%, an identical Healthy People 2020 goal for hepatitis B vaccination of health care workers remains quietly unmet.
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Despite workplace protections, pregnant nurses may still be at risk from exposure to chemotherapy and sterilizing agents.
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At the end of February, typically the peak of the influenza season, there were only regional and sporadic cases of flu in most of the United States. In fact, the quiet left some infectious disease experts wondering, "Where is the flu?"
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By Toni C. McKenna, DNSc, RN, director of the Center for Continuing Nursing Education & Health Careers Institute at the University of Texas Arlington.
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Any staff member with patient contact, including those who perform a registration function, might be approached during a survey by The Joint Commission, according to Cynthia Leslie, RN, associate director of The Joint Commission's Standards Interpretation Group.
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Could a patient standing in front of you be using another patient's ID and insurance to obtain care? Is someone stealing a patient's information to obtain credit fraudulently? These areas are the primary risk in registration areas, according to Dan Schulte, executive vice president of revenue cycle solutions at The Outsource Group in St. Louis, MO.
