Hospital Employee Health
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Early safety focus pays off for South Carolina hospitals
To many health care workers, a needlestick was hardly worth worrying about. -
HHS: Track annual HCW flu vaccine
If there is a deadly pandemic of avian influenza and a vaccine to prevent it, no one would question whether health care workers would be willing to be vaccinated. -
Planning for occupational health in a pandemic
The ability to deliver quality health care depends on adequate staffing and optimum health and welfare of staff. During a pandemic, the health care work force will be stressed physically and psychologically. -
Follow the numbers for ergo success
Ergonomics involves an equation: Too much force on the body equals pain and injury. -
Aching HCWs: Do you feel their pain?
Every day, nurses are going home with back pain. Some of them may even have back injuries they never tell you about. -
Health care becomes first target of OSHA ergo plan
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OSHA inspections are honing in on health care
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E-answers: OSHA’s advice right at your fingertips
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Sentinel Event Alert moratorium announced
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HIPAA privacy reg mostly bypasses employee health