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In new guidelines for Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these recommendations.
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Hospitals are not the "safe havens" they once were. That is the cautionary message of a recent Sentinel Event Alert by the Joint Commission accrediting body, which focuses on attacks on patients.
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In a Sentinel Event Alert, The Joint Commission offered the following recommendations for reducing the risk of violence in hospitals:
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Hospitals have been placed on notice: They must address the hazards of workplace violence.
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What is the patient population and age range of the unit?
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Hospitals had a larger number of injuries from overexertion in 2008 than any other industry in the country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But even if you cut out most of the patient handling injuries, many back and neck strains and other musculoskeletal injuries would still occur.
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Ten years after the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act was signed into law, the mandate for safer sharps devices is under review both legally and academically.
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The 3M 8000 respirator recalled by the state of California as poorly fitting has passed muster in a review by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). And Cal-OSHA, the state's occupational safety agency, is none too happy about it.
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In its proposed new guidance on Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stresses the need for health care workers to stay home when they're sick. Specifically, the guidance includes these recommendations:
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Masks are sufficient protection for health care workers involved in routine care of patients with H1N1, according to proposed new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Preventing transmission also will depend upon vaccination of health care workers and policies that discourage employees from coming to work sick, the agency said.