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Expect a re-energized OSHA with the reelection of President Barack Obama: New recordkeeping rules, a proposed Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) standard, and possibly an infectious diseases standard.
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Bring science back into the discussion of influenza vaccination.
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The silos that separate patient safety and worker safety are coming down. Preventing medical errors and protecting health care workers are part of the same continuum, The Joint Commission accrediting body asserts in a new monograph.
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Safe patient handling should be standard practice, not best practice. That is the message behind new, draft standards issued by the American Nurses Association (ANA).
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About one-third of American adults are obese. If trends continue on their current trajectory, by 2030, about half of all American adults will be obese.
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Health care workers arent actually very healthy. They have higher rates of heart disease and asthma than workers in all other sectors, and they are the most likely to have functional limitations or to ever have had cancer, according to an analysis of 1997-2007 data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
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In a futuristic paradigm, health care is not sick care. It is a continuum that provides acute care, rehabilitation and wellness, and one that encompasses both hospital patients and employees.
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Do more, but dont expect more resources. Moneys tight.
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There's more work to do to keep health care workers safe from needlesticks. That was the primary message of an online awareness event by Safe in Common, an organization promoting sharps safety.
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In a move that raises the profile of employee health, The Joint Commission accrediting agency is expanding its definition of a "sentinel event" to include serious injury to health care workers.
