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Healthcare Workers Don’t Mind Masking to Protect Patients
A universal masking policy for healthcare providers and home care workers dramatically reduced respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients, researchers report.
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Tips and Strategies for Post-exposure Follow-up of Healthcare Workers
The lead author of a recently published paper on healthcare exposures to infectious agents and post-exposure treatment fielded questions on the topic in a wide-ranging interactive session recently at the IDWeek 2016 conference.
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Healthcare Workers Fired for Refusing Flu Shots for Religious Reasons Win Legal Battle
Six healthcare workers fired for refusing mandatory flu shots for religious reasons won back pay and offers of reinstatement from Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, PA, according to published reports.
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CDC Expands Risk Assessment, Medical Exams in Draft Guidelines for Healthcare Workers
Employee health professionals can expect more proactive, informative guidance in the areas of risk assessment and medical evaluations in the upcoming CDC update and revision of its Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel.
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OSHA Seeks Comment on Violence Prevention Regulation
With recently finalized regulations in California serving as a possible template, OSHA is considering a national standard to protect healthcare workers, primarily from assaults by patients.
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Meeting Management ABCs From an Expert IRB Chair
After 32 years as an IRB member and 20 years as chair, one IRB expert says the key to IRB meeting success could be boiled down to one word: Respect.
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Worried About Staff Burnout? Here are Prevention Strategies
Most healthcare organizations have to deal with staff burnout and stress, but there are healthy strategies and policies that can help staff deal with these common workplace woes.
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For Addicted Nurses, a Way Back to the Bedside
Healthcare workers who divert drugs are understandably reviled for potentially harming patients by depriving them of pain relief and putting them at risk of infections from tampered medications. But somewhere beneath is a person who once sought to care for others.
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Positive Vibe: Nursing Through a Different Lens
We often dwell on the negative aspects of nursing, trying to raise awareness and create positive change. In doing so, however, we create a blind spot. What about all the abiding positive aspects of nursing that contribute to high retention of this indispensable work force?
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The Death of a Surgeon
The late Michael J. Davidson, MD, a brilliant and popular surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston, was gunned down by an obsessed family member of a deceased cardiac patient on Jan. 20, 2015.