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NIOSH Measures to Protect HCWs Exposed to Cleaning Agents
The NIOSH Respiratory Health Division recommends measures to protect healthcare workers exposed to cleaning products with acetic acid, peroxyacetic acid, and hydrogen peroxide.
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Protect Patients, Harm Workers? Cleaning Agent Raises Concerns
Preliminary results of an ongoing public health investigation indicate that a powerful sporicidal cleaning agent used in some 500 hospitals may be linked to wheezing, watery eyes, and asthma-like symptoms in healthcare workers.
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Add Some Climbs and Hills to Typically Flat Career Path
It might require creativity, but there are ways to make the IRB office structure less flat.
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Adopt the ‘Not a Success Until You Find a Successor’ Philosophy
With a huge chunk of the nation’s IRB leadership about to retire, now is the time to do succession planning, long-time IRB leaders say.
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NIOSH injury data will be unveiled at AOHP conference
NIOSH will hold a “town hall” meeting to answer questions about healthcare worker injuries as part of the annual meeting of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare in Myrtle Beach, SC, Sept. 7-10, 2016.
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NIOSH warns of counterfeit N95s
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health is alerting employee health professionals about a counterfeit N95 respirator on the market.
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Healthcare workers infected, transmit Group A Strep
A large and persistent outbreak of Group A Streptococcus in a nursing home was spread in part by infected and colonized healthcare workers, underscoring the importance of reporting symptoms, seeking treatment, practicing rigorous infection control, and not working sick.
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More Than 40% of HCWs Report to Work with Flu-like Illness
In findings that further underscore the “presenteeism” phenomenon, investigators found that more than 40% of healthcare workers with influenza-like illness reported to work, putting patients and co-workers at risk of infection.
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USP Issues New Hazardous Drug Standard
The United States Pharmacopeial Convention published a new standard on hazardous drugs in healthcare this year, establishing a more than two-year moratorium to allow time for adoption by healthcare facilities.
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NIOSH Emphasizing Hazards of Oncology Drugs
Despite longstanding guidelines on the hazards of antineoplastic drugs used primarily in chemotherapy, public health officials are concerned that healthcare workers are still inadequately protected from these known or suspected carcinogens.