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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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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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Will there be enough N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect health care workers from the novel H1N1 virus?
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As limited amounts of the first doses of novel H1N1 vaccine were expected to reach providers in early October, hospitals placed a top priority on vaccinating health care workers who provide care to the most vulnerable patients. Even health care workers who have had flu-like symptoms and were diagnosed with novel H1N1 should receive the vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Long known to open a few doors, cold hard cash may now bring down walls as well.
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One of infection prevention's true originals â in every sense of the term â Eddie Hedrick, BS, MT(ASCP), CIC, currently is emerging infections coordinator at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in Jefferson City.
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A coalition of unions and occupational health and safety professionals has called on New York state health commissioner Richard F. Daines to withdraw the emergency regulation that requires all health care workers to receive flu vaccinations by Nov. 30.
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In response to rumors about the safety of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza A vaccine, federal public health officials have addressed the following myths and errors about the current situation:
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How difficult is it going to be to get people vaccinated against H1N1 pandemic influenza A?
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A witch's brew of apathy, fear, and misinformation about the H1N1 influenza A vaccine may cause considerable toil and trouble for clinicians responding to the first pandemic in four decades.