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Surgical masks provide virtually no protection against inhalation of airborne particles. Influenza involves airborne transmission as well as other forms of transmission.
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After years of struggling with the vagaries of the tuberculosis skin test, you might think that hospitals would embrace a new technology. But the blood test has been slow to catch on.
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As safe patient handling laws gain ground in state legislatures, reducing injuries is becoming the mandate of a new enforcement power: the state licensing division.
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Hospitals take precautions to prevent the spread of infections from patients to health care workers. But what about when the danger is physical -- and the health care worker is at risk of assault?
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The first steps to prevent injury at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City occur even before an employee begins his or her job.
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Injury and illness rates declined overall in 2005, but the rate at hospitals remained almost double that of general industry, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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Consider this scenario: Pandemic influenza has emerged in the community, there's no vaccine, and antivirals are in short supply. Your stockpile of N95 respirators needs to last as long as possible, because getting a new shipment may be difficult. What do you do?
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is emphasizing that knowledge is power when it comes to patients.
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Lack of consensus on how to measure hand hygiene compliance has made this a daunting challenge for quality professionals.
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Think broadly when it comes to preparedness. Even if H5N1 avian influenza never becomes a wide-spread threat to humans, you still need to plan for a pandemic, public health experts say.
