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AOHP issues new respiratory position statement stressing competence, training
The Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare recently adopted a new position statement emphasizing that respiratory protection is a “critical area of competence” for OHPs in healthcare.
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Following last year’s misfire, EH programs may get more pushback, questions about flu shots
Employee health professionals with voluntary seasonal influenza vaccination can expect a tougher sell this year to skeptical healthcare workers, many of whom will recall last year’s mismatched batch that whiffed on a widely circulating H3N2 strain that had antigenically drifted.
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Efficacy questioned, but consider pertussis revaccination of HCWs during outbreak
If there is an increased risk of pertussis in a healthcare setting evidenced by documented or suspected healthcare-associated transmission of pertussis, employee health professionals can consider revaccination of healthcare personnel with Tdap vaccine, the CDC recommends.
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One case of measles leads to more than 1,000 exposures to HCWs and patients
There are maddening, laborious measles exposure incidents in hospitals, and then there is the epic disaster that unfolded in May 2014 at Inova Health System in Fairfax, VA.
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Take-home points in the ANA’s vaccination mandate
The American Nurses Association issued a new position statement on healthcare vaccinations on July 21, 2015.
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Nursing Leaders: Mandate Recommended Shots
This could be a turning point in the controversy over healthcare immunizations.
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Ebola vaccine highly effective in trials, but worker PPE education still critical
Initial reports of a highly effective Ebola vaccine trial may provide the final piece to douse the simmering, historic outbreak in West Africa.
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The Ebola effect: HCWs working in teams could protect co-workers, patients from other infections
It’s hard to write “silver lining” and “Ebola” in the same sentence, but something powerfully good could come out of the horrific outbreak: a new safety culture in U.S. hospitals that better protects healthcare workers and patients.
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Removing PPE incorrectly may be common problem
Fewer than one in six healthcare workers followed the correct recommendations for removal of PPE after patient care, likely contaminating themselves and increasing the risk of transmission to others, researchers report.
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Consumer group challenges FDA exclusion of chlorhexidine in antiseptic review
The Food and Drug Administration is being taken to task for a failure to include chlorhexidine in its recently announced plan to review the safety of active ingredients in antiseptics used in healthcare.