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Fear of being sued for malpractice is certainly one obstacle affecting physicians' willingness to disclose medical errors. But other, more personal and altruistic factors may play even bigger roles in whether a doctor decides to reveal his or her own medical errors, according to a University of Iowa bioethicist.
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If, by arresting a doctor and two nurses in the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti anticipated being hailed as a hero of the downtrodden and helpless, no doubt the backlash surprised him.
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration finalized the assigned protection factors (APFs) for respirator protection programs.
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Patients are getting heavier and sicker, nurses are getting older, and hospitals are facing a nursing shortage.
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When needlesticks began to level off at BJC Healthcare in St. Louis, it was time to jump-start the sharps safety program. Injuries occurred despite the health system's use of safety devices.
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From TB skin tests and immunizations to use of safety devices, it's often a struggle to convince health care workers to comply with the rules and policies that are designed to keep them safe from harm.
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At an estimated cost of more than $120 billion, we spend five times as much on direct and indirect costs related to occupational injury and illness as we do on HIV/AIDS and three times more than the cost of Alzheimer's disease.
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Suppose you want to know how many employees have gone 11 months or more since their last tuberculosis screening test. Can your software spit out that list?
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Underreporting injuries makes it more difficult to evaluate and correct hazards. But overreporting on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) log can inflate your incidence rate.
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Standing in an awkward posture, reaching across a patient, pressing on a transducer, twisting to look at a monitor -- the daily tasks of sonographers put them at risk of musculoskeletal injury.