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NIOSH Network Provides Local Solutions to a National Problem
The federal Occupational Health Safety Network is expanding exponentially. With the recent addition of two new reporting categories for needlesticks and blood exposures, a national reporting system that touts local interventions is on the horizon.
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Infection Preventionists Could Be Helpful to ASCs’ Infection Control Efforts
New reports show that infection prevention efforts at healthcare organizations are resulting in huge declines in healthcare-acquired conditions.
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NIOSH Toolkit for Chemical Skin Exposures
To guide the management and treatment protocols for chemical events involving skin exposures, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has developed a dermal toolkit to assist employee health professionals and first responders.
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Are Healthcare Workers at Risk of C. auris Infection?
Though the risk of healthcare workers becoming infected is low, employee health professionals should be aware of an emerging multidrug-resistant fungus that is causing high mortality in hospital outbreaks.
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CEOs: Physician Burnout a National Health Crisis
Burnout among physicians is becoming a national health crisis and healthcare leadership must step up to address the problem, 10 hospital CEOs emphasized in a recently published statement.
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Texas System Launches Ambitious Study on Physician Burnout
With reports of physician burnout increasing at alarming rates, the University of Texas System of hospitals and healthcare affiliates is undertaking an unprecedented effort to identify the root causes and develop prevention strategies.
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Could HCV Drugs Be Used for Post-exposure Prophylaxis?
The drugs now available to treat HCV are highly effective, raising the question of whether they could be used in a PEP protocol after needlesticks involving HCV-positive blood.
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Strategies Top Hospitals Use To Drive Down Needlesticks
Though seroconversions to HIV or hepatitis infections are rare, needlesticks and other occupational blood exposures can throw healthcare workers into emotional turmoil and considerable angst as they await test results over several months.
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Expect Zika Return, Reinforce HCW Safety
Employee health professionals should prepare for the return of Zika virus, as the CDC expects the mosquito-borne infection threat to return to the U.S. as the warmer months arrive.
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AOHP Offers Research Scholarship
The Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare is seeking proposals for an original research project on current or anticipated issues in hospital-related occupational health.