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Survey your employees about their health status, and the results you find may be eye-opening. Sutter Health, a Sacramento, CA-based health system, discovered that 30% of its employees were obese and an equal number were overweight.
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Fit-testing of N95 filtering facepiece respirators could become significantly quicker under a new protocol proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Nurses won the final round of litigation over the mandatory flu vaccination program at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. They cannot be required to have the vaccine as a condition of employment.
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Obtaining source patient consent for HIV testing after a bloodborne pathogen exposure may slowly be getting easier.
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Dishes are churning in the dishwasher, metal utensils are clanging against pots, the radio is blaring, and someone is running the blender and an electric can opener. The noises in a hospital kitchen can be a cacophony as loud as a rock concert. But do they add up to an occupational hazard?
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The Joint Commission has broadly expanded its emphasis on infection prevention in proposed 2009 patient safety goals that recommend specific strategies to fight a veritable "murderers' row" of health care-associated infections (HAIs).
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The Joint Commission's proposed 2009 National Patient Safety Goals include the following new emphasis on infection prevention:
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As the Baby Boom ages into an elderly boom, and demand for long-term and home health care soars, health care employees face changing realities at work. You can expect rising workers' compensation claims. Aging employees may need accommodations to stay in patient care. And keeping older workers will be a challenge.
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In a physically demanding job, how do older workers fit in? Will they be more likely to be injured on the job? Not necessarily, according to an analysis by UnumProvident, a disability insurer based in Chattanooga, TN.
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Those holdouts who still reuse blood tube holders, take notice: You are in violation of the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard and may be cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
