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Will there be enough N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect health care workers from the novel H1N1 virus?
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The surge of novel H1N1 also is a surge of ill employees and absenteeism. Do you have human resources policies that will help you cope?
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Every year, the U.S. Secretary of Labor - whoever that may be - declares America's workplaces to be safer than the last. The proof: Lower injury rates reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Occupational medicine physicians and infection preventionists agree: It isn't a good policy to exclude "at-risk" employees from certain duties due to potential exposure to novel H1N1.
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Being a nurse's aide or orderly is the most injury-prone job in America. Those aides are four times as likely to be injured on the job as the average worker, and their rate of injury tops freight haulers and handlers, and construction laborers.
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is considering a revision to its glutaraldehyde recommended exposure limit (REL) and has issued a Federal Register notice asking for information on glutaraldehyde research, use, safety training, and manufacture.
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Health care workers in New York hospitals are all rolling up their sleeves this fall for the flu vaccine. It's no longer a choice. It's a mandate.
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All the shouting (Death panels! Rationing!) has gotten the press attention in health care reform. But in the behind-the-scenes effort to create a new paradigm, occupational health physicians have promoted prevention, workplace- based wellness, and the link between workplace health and productivity.
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The operating room poses unique challenges for patient handling.
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A new guide from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration answers a myriad of questions about monitoring workspaces where ethylene oxide (EtO) is used.
