Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is reaching alarming levels around the country, but at the VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh, MRSA rates have dropped by 60% in the past five years. The key: Health care workers are team players in a comprehensive approach to halting MRSA.
As many as 62 new drugs may be added to the list of potential workplace hazards by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
The Joint Commission has proposed standards revisions that could weaken infection control programs "significantly at a time when health care associated infections (HAIs) are receiving increasing attention by legislators, payers, and consumers," ...
Better-fitting respirators are on the horizon. Newly proposed criteria will require manufacturers to prove that their N95 filtering facepiece respirators meet a minimal level of fit -- right out of the box.
Andrew Speaker causes an international incident by getting on an airplane although he has been diagnosed with active XDR-TB (extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis) — and asked not to travel.
Switching from the skin test to the blood test can completely change the profile of your tuberculosis screening program, as many TB-positive employees suddenly learn that they are not infected.
Patients in intensive care units are more likely to develop serious and possibly deadly infections if units were understaffed and nurses worked more overtime.
Listless, fatigued, emotionally drained. Employees are dragging themselves to work despite a bout of depression. And while they may not see much hope that they will feel better, you should.
A new checklist for pandemic influenza planning emphasizes the role of occupational health to manage absenteeism, symptom surveillance, and personnel needs.
Concerned that occupational health and safety research is getting short shrift from the Bush administration, professional organizations are calling for a study of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and a commitment to boosting its financial resources.
