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AOHP Not in Favor of OSHA Violence Regulation as Proposed
While emphasizing its support for violence prevention programs to protect healthcare workers, one of the nation’s leading occupational health groups says it does not support promulgation of a new standard by OSHA as currently outlined.
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NIOSH Network Provides Local Solutions to a National Problem
The federal Occupational Health Safety Network is expanding exponentially. With the recent addition of two new reporting categories for needlesticks and blood exposures, a national reporting system that touts local interventions is on the horizon.
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NIOSH Toolkit for Chemical Skin Exposures
To guide the management and treatment protocols for chemical events involving skin exposures, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has developed a dermal toolkit to assist employee health professionals and first responders.
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Using Code Words for Violence Prevention
Nationwide Children’s Hospital takes a proactive approach to violence, which is especially necessary because the facility treats a high number of young people for behavioral health issues.
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Are Healthcare Workers at Risk of C. auris Infection?
Though the risk of healthcare workers becoming infected is low, employee health professionals should be aware of an emerging multidrug-resistant fungus that is causing high mortality in hospital outbreaks.
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CEOs: Physician Burnout a National Health Crisis
Burnout among physicians is becoming a national health crisis and healthcare leadership must step up to address the problem, 10 hospital CEOs emphasized in a recently published statement.
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Texas System Launches Ambitious Study on Physician Burnout
With reports of physician burnout increasing at alarming rates, the University of Texas System of hospitals and healthcare affiliates is undertaking an unprecedented effort to identify the root causes and develop prevention strategies.
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Could HCV Drugs Be Used for Post-exposure Prophylaxis?
The drugs now available to treat HCV are highly effective, raising the question of whether they could be used in a PEP protocol after needlesticks involving HCV-positive blood.
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Strategies Top Hospitals Use To Drive Down Needlesticks
Though seroconversions to HIV or hepatitis infections are rare, needlesticks and other occupational blood exposures can throw healthcare workers into emotional turmoil and considerable angst as they await test results over several months.
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AOHP Offers Research Scholarship
The Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare is seeking proposals for an original research project on current or anticipated issues in hospital-related occupational health.