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OSHA provides ‘anthrax matrix’ to guide employers
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Should you vaccinate HCWs against smallpox?
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JCAHO surveyors focus on preparedness
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OSHA delays enforcement of record-keeping rule
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FDA to consider banning conventional needles
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Hospitals don’t have enough safety devices
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States lead the way as HCWs push for violence prevention
In February, Evelyn Lynch, a 70-year-old nurse at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, was removing a catheter from a patient when he suddenly knocked her to the ground and began beating and stomping on her. -
ER nurses decry silence after violence
Reams of surveys have documented the frequency of verbal and physical assaults in the nations emergency rooms. -
Community meetings: A strategy that works
The risk of violence simmers in behavioral health units across the country but it is possible to defuse that tension and prevent incidents through frequent community meetings between staff and patients. -
Psych meds increase with workplace violence
After hospital workers encounter workplace violence, their medication use goes up, but there is no change in their visits to mental health counselors, according to a new study. Instead, they may be receiving much-needed emotional support from employee assistance programs.