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Cruise ships have become notorious for norovirus outbreaks that ruin passengers' exotic vacations. But as two new strains sweep the country, norovirus wields the greatest punch against long-term care facilities and hospitals, where outbreaks afflict patients and employees and lead to absenteeism and staff shortages.
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You have many years of experience in nursing, special training in occupational health, responsibilities that impact the hospital's bottom line. When it comes to compensation, are you getting what you deserve?
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Encouraging nurses to sleep on the job may be one of the safest steps you can take.
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A study of New Jersey hospitals shows that hospitals need to take further measures to protect health care workers from the more common violent events — verbal and physical assaults from patients in the emergency department.
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An array of sling choices are available, enabling nurses and nursing assistants to use lift equipment even with patients with delicate medical conditions.
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When it comes to influenza immunization, there's something to be said for a little one-on-one attention.
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Imagine a communitywide outbreak so pervasive that employees fell ill at work, 40% called in sick, and even the chief nursing executive pitched in to work as a staff nurse. This sounds like a scenario from a pandemic influenza drill — but it actually was a real-life episode of norovirus at Missouri Baptist Hospital - Sullivan, a rural hospital about 70 miles from St. Louis.
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Experts in chemical hazards are cautioning health and safety officials to maintain a high level of protective measures with ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has launched a two-year, multihospital study to investigate the potential hazards associated with OPA.
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What do you do if . . . you're the only employee health professional for a work force of several thousand employees? Or there is no occupational health physician for you to work with? Or you're trained in infection control but expected to know about occupational medicine?
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Sharps safety finally may permeate the nation's operating rooms, the last bastion of resistance in American hospitals.
