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Long working hours among nurses may contribute to higher injury rates, new research shows.
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Employee health professionals take on duties that overlap with other jobs in the hospital, including risk manager, safety officer, infection control, and educator.
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Stock up on N95 respirators. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is considering its guidance using sugical masks in the event of pandemic influenza and soon may recommend using N95 filtering face-piece respirators.
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During a pandemic, masks and respirators will be in great demand from health care facilities across the globe. But hospitals also may be competing with the general public and businesses that believe they need the protective equipment.
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Routine HIV screening of patients could benefit health care workers who need to know the HIV status of patients following a bloodborne pathogen exposure.
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It's easy to overlook the second-greatest cause of workplace injury because the incidents seem ordinary and isolated.
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Employee health professionals are asking for a greater voice -- and more attention -- from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
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A staph infection develops among several patients in a unit, and the investigation begins. Lab tests show the cases are linked. Could an employee be the carrier?
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The emergence of community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has raised concerns about how to prevent hospital-based outbreaks.
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Lift equipment sits unused in a closet. Safety needles are deposited in a sharps container without being activated. An employee fails to put on goggles when there's a risk of a body fluid splash.
