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Lift teams are now the law in California. After seven years and five vetoes, a safe patient handling bill was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown that requires hospitals to have "trained lift teams or other support staff trained in safe lifting techniques."
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Growing anti-regulatory pressure and presidential politics bring new hurdles for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which was already known for its snail-like pace of rulemaking. The agency has delayed the release of several key regulations, and observers expect little to emerge in the midst of an election year.
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Cleaning patient's rooms may not seem like the most important job in the hospital. But environmental service workers save lives in their own way by preventing the spread of infections. A new spotlight on their role may boost the resources, communication and training focused on this group of workers.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, these industries had the highest rates of work-related injury and illness in the United States in 2010:
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Almost six years ago, OhioHealth in Columbus began to face up to a problem: Many employees at the multi-hospital system in central Ohio were unhealthy. They were smokers, overweight, physically inactive, stressed out.
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It's kind of like that old ad for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: Peanut butter is great, chocolate is great, but imagine what can happen if they get mixed together.
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In the year since it was published by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, there have been tens of thousands of views of "Respectful Management of Serious Clinical Adverse Events", and along with those views have come comments, suggestions, and anecdotes that made it imperative for the institute to look again at the topic and update it.
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No one would argue that the amount of data a hospital has to collect and report is significant, often duplicated, and never declines. But there are plenty of reasons why putting quality and patient safety data out there for public consumption serves the greater good.
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There's not a healthcare organization around that isn't focused on reducing unplanned readmission rates.
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Starting early next year, hospitals that are interested can achieve both accreditation and ISO certification in various best practices.
