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Ergonomics is a science of workplace design. But in practice, it also presents a mathematical puzzle and a behavioral challenge.
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Health care workers are breathing easier thanks to a widespread shift toward powder-free latex gloves.
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Health care workers taking a break and smoking in the cafeteria, the hallways, or even beside the loading dock don't exactly convey the image of a healthy environment ...
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A safe patient handling program can start with selection of appropriate equipment, a plan for implementation, and a core group of trained employees.
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Despite your best efforts to promote sharps safety, some of your health care workers still use conventional needles and sharp devices that lack an integral safety feature.
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In its first two seasons of use, the intranasal influenza vaccine FluMist did not lead to "unexpected serious risks," ...
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The nation's only hospital to mandate influenza vaccination of health care workers achieved a 96% vaccination rate, despite a court ruling that exempted unionized nurses from the "fitness for duty" requirement.
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Hospitals will perform fewer tuberculosis screening tests but may provide more training for TB skin test placers and readers ...
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This excerpt from the 2005 TB guidelines explains the new recommendations regarding risk assessment and TB testing: ...
