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NIOSH to Focus on Musculoskeletal Injuries
Healthcare workers are among the occupational groups most at risk for musculoskeletal injuries, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health announced in a series of blog posts on these all-too-common harms.
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Evidence That Working ‘Bare Below the Elbows’ Protects Patients
Experimental evidence supporting the concept of healthcare workers working “bare below the elbows” to prevent transmission of pathogens to patients via long sleeves was recently presented in San Diego at the IDWeek 2017 conference.
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Homicide at Hopkins: Healthcare Workers Seek Solace in Aftermath
A recent shocking act of violence at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore quickly underscored the importance of the hospital’s state-of-the art peer responder program: Resilience In Stressful Events (RISE).
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The Patient’s Tale: A Victim of Drug Diversion
The story of Lauren Lollini and Kristen Parker is a cautionary tale that healthcare workers tempted to divert drugs should consider.
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CDC: 60,000 Died of Opioid Overdoses in 2016
The nation’s expanding opioid epidemic has many ramifications for healthcare facilities, including the threat of violence by addicts seeking care, exposure of healthcare workers to powerful narcotics, and the potential for street opioids to exacerbate the longstanding problem of drug diversion by healthcare workers.
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Drug Diversion Rampant as Opioid Epidemic Explodes in Communities
A community opioid addiction problem of such staggering scale certainly adds another permutation to the hidden epidemic of drug diversion by healthcare workers.
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Emerging Infectious Disease and Emergency Medicine
There are many emerging infections for which the emergency physician must remain clinically vigilant. Although many infections may not represent true emergencies, it is important for ED providers to understand the epidemiology, presentation, and treatment of some of today’s common and life-threatening infections.
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Transitions in Care and the Role of the Case Manager
Care transitions has become a buzzword in healthcare. In fact, it has become an important component of case management models and the role of the case manager. This month, we will discuss what transitions in care actually means, particularly as it relates to case management.
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Are Right-sided Leads Needed?
The ECG in the figure was obtained from a man in his 50s who presented with new severe chest pain. How would you interpret this tracing? What area(s) of the heart are involved? What is the likely culprit artery?
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: opioid-induced nausea; considering the safety of proton pump inhibitors; and life after bariatric surgery.