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Dozens of Veterinary Hospital Workers Exposed to Plague-Infected Dog
In an incident that caused considerable anxiety and chaos, 116 employees and students in a veterinary teaching hospital were exposed to pneumonic plague by a dog with unrecognized infection, investigators report.
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Antivaccination Movement Fuels Return of Measles
An antivaccine movement launching misinformation on the internet is largely responsible for the return of measles, but are some healthcare workers contributing to the problem?
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Poll: Pregnant HCWs Administering Hazardous Drugs Without PPE
Although antineoplastic drugs primarily used in chemotherapy are a known hazard to reproductive health, 9% of pregnant nurses polled said they never wear gloves when administering the medications, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports.
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Nurse Work Environment the Key to Patient Safety
Two decades after the patient safety movement began, there still is a troubling disconnect regarding one of its key tenets: a needed transformation of the nurse work environment to protect patients from medical errors and other adverse events.
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Ebola Vaccine Given to U.S. Caregivers, Healthcare Workers in Congo
While thousands of healthcare workers have been immunized, it is not clear whether those who have contracted Ebola delivering care to patients had been vaccinated.
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U.S. Hospitals Prepare as Ebola Outbreak Continues
As an Ebola virus outbreak continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo, healthcare workers in the United States remain at risk of an infected traveler presenting to their ED for care.
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New CDC Tuberculosis Guidelines May End Annual Testing of HCWs
The revisions come as TB testing and treatment have improved, while the routine risk of healthcare workers acquiring TB at work has steadily declined.
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American Healthcare Worker Exposed to Ebola Discharged
The unidentified worker never developed Ebola but was exposed while delivering care in the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Eye Protection the Weak Link in PPE
Emerging evidence shows that healthcare workers may contract occupational respiratory infections through eye exposures, a risk that is underappreciated and for which eye protection is rarely worn, a healthcare epidemiologist emphasizes.
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Keep Your Eyes Peeled: Severe Forms of Conjunctivitis Spread Rapidly
Conjunctivitis is a common, relatively mild condition. But adenoviral conjunctivitis and its most severe presentation, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, should be cause for concern for healthcare employees, experts say.