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Safer sharps do not eliminate the risk of hepatitis C for health care workers, but new drugs can spare them from a dire prognosis.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions new guidelines -- Immunization of Healthcare Personnel include the following highlights and updated recommendations:
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Want help setting up a workplace wellness program that can improve the health of your employees? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a National Healthy Worksite Program and will work with up to 15 employers in each of seven regions nationwide. This program does not provide grant funds, but participating employers will receive assistance in drafting policies, implementing programs and evaluating outcomes
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Hospitals should boost the pertussis vaccination rates of their employees, track and report their influenza vaccination rates, and review employees' immunity to measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), according to updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Mandatory influenza vaccination programs are gaining traction at hospitals around the country, but few hospitals have opted for the most stringent policies.
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That could be the mantra of a growing number of hospitals that are finding that green practices help build a culture of safety. Greener chemicals and cleaning processes may be environmentally responsible, but they also present fewer health concerns for employees, patients and visitors.
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Many outpatient surgery managers might think that the situation of a clinician sexually assaulting an incapacitated patient is so unlikely that they don't need to prepare for such an event. However, those managers would be mistaken, according to sources interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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