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The Joint Commission Update: Collaborating hospitals put problem of colorectal SSIs behind them

Questions arise over vaccine-or-mask rules

Get the flu vaccine or wear a mask during flu season. That ultimatum is becoming increasingly commonplace in the nations hospitals.

A touch of grey: Time to become age-friendly

Make changes to help HCWs of all ages.

Are you crushed by HCW absences?

Too many hospital employees are missing in action. Health care workers have among the highest rates of family and medical leave.

Is OSHA neglecting its duty to protect health care workers?

An aide in a state-run nursing home is more likely to be injured than a police officer. More work-related injuries and illnesses occurred in the nations hospitals than in any other industry in 2011.

Opiod overuse a ‘public health emergency’

Doctors are prescribing more and more narcotics to injured workers every year. Oxycontin, an opioid associated with prescription drug abuse, is the most commonly prescribed medication in workers compensation claims.

Nursing homes lag badly on worker flu shots

Hospital employees recorded the highest-ever rates of influenza immunization in the past flu season. Only 59% of health care workers in long-term care received the vaccine.