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Poll: Pregnant HCWs Administering Hazardous Drugs Without PPE
Although antineoplastic drugs primarily used in chemotherapy are a known hazard to reproductive health, 9% of pregnant nurses polled said they never wear gloves when administering the medications, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports.
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Nurse Work Environment the Key to Patient Safety
Two decades after the patient safety movement began, there still is a troubling disconnect regarding one of its key tenets: a needed transformation of the nurse work environment to protect patients from medical errors and other adverse events.
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NIOSH Occupational Injury Network Will Close This Year
The OMB determined the network data were not sufficiently representative of all healthcare facilities; thus, benchmarking and interfacility comparisons could not be made.
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Ebola Vaccine Given to U.S. Caregivers, Healthcare Workers in Congo
While thousands of healthcare workers have been immunized, it is not clear whether those who have contracted Ebola delivering care to patients had been vaccinated.
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U.S. Hospitals Prepare as Ebola Outbreak Continues
As an Ebola virus outbreak continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo, healthcare workers in the United States remain at risk of an infected traveler presenting to their ED for care.
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New CDC Tuberculosis Guidelines May End Annual Testing of HCWs
The revisions come as TB testing and treatment have improved, while the routine risk of healthcare workers acquiring TB at work has steadily declined.
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Interdisciplinary Care Rounds: A Key Strategy for Improving Case Management Outcomes, Part Two
This month will discuss the elements of a walking rounds format and the role that the interdisciplinary team members play in the process.
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Children’s Hospital Develops Tool to Improve Throughput
Changes in regulatory and reimbursement factors are making it more likely that children’s hospitals will follow in the footsteps of health systems and focus on improving patient throughput and reducing readmissions.
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Pediatric Hospitals Develop Best Practices to Avoid Readmissions
A group of children’s hospitals has taken the bundles of care approach, applying a bundle of their best practices to see how these impact outcomes.
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Well-Regarded Business Strategies Can Be Used in Case Management
Payers, including the federal government, are beginning to recognize that healthcare providers can succeed with keeping patients healthy only to the extent that patients are willing collaborators in their own care.