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Healthcare Workers Don’t Mind Masking to Protect Patients
A universal masking policy for healthcare providers and home care workers dramatically reduced respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients, researchers report.
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Many HCWs in Long-Term Care Skip Flu Shots
Immunization rates for healthcare workers in long-term care were at a meager 69% last flu season — and that was an improvement.
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Healthcare Workers Don’t Mind Masking to Protect Patients
A universal masking policy for healthcare providers and home care workers dramatically reduced respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients, researchers report.
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Tips and Strategies for Post-exposure Follow-up of Healthcare Workers
The lead author of a recently published paper on healthcare exposures to infectious agents and post-exposure treatment fielded questions on the topic in a wide-ranging interactive session recently at the IDWeek 2016 conference.
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Healthcare Workers Fired for Refusing Flu Shots for Religious Reasons Win Legal Battle
Six healthcare workers fired for refusing mandatory flu shots for religious reasons won back pay and offers of reinstatement from Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, PA, according to published reports.
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CDC Expands Risk Assessment, Medical Exams in Draft Guidelines for Healthcare Workers
Employee health professionals can expect more proactive, informative guidance in the areas of risk assessment and medical evaluations in the upcoming CDC update and revision of its Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel.
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OSHA Seeks Comment on Violence Prevention Regulation
With recently finalized regulations in California serving as a possible template, OSHA is considering a national standard to protect healthcare workers, primarily from assaults by patients.
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The Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2017
See the Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2017, a report from Health Devices and ECRI Institute.
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The Top Health Technology Hazards for 2017 Include Surgical Stapler Misuse
Surgery centers can improve safety by prioritizing efforts to reduce some of the more common and troublesome hazards.
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Did Gloveless Contact Transmit Zika?
Though employee health professionals are aware that Zika virus can be transmitted by a needlestick, a case involving transmission from a dying patient with an extremely high viral titer to an acquaintance caregiver has implications for protecting healthcare workers.