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Health care workers in New York hospitals are all rolling up their sleeves this fall for the flu vaccine. It's no longer a choice. It's a mandate.
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All the shouting (Death panels! Rationing!) has gotten the press attention in health care reform. But in the behind-the-scenes effort to create a new paradigm, occupational health physicians have promoted prevention, workplace- based wellness, and the link between workplace health and productivity.
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The operating room poses unique challenges for patient handling.
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A new guide from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration answers a myriad of questions about monitoring workspaces where ethylene oxide (EtO) is used.
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As waves of novel H1N1 influenza swept communities across the country, hospitals struggled to avoid the potential impact of infected health care workers: Absenteeism, short-staffed units, and severe illness.
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Surgical masks do not provide protection from aerosolized viral particles, respiratory protection experts told an Institute of Medicine (IOM) panel that was considering personal protective equipment and novel H1N1.
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has decided against a streamlined Bitrex protocol that would have made fit-testing faster.
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Hospitals are boosting incentives for wellness programs, with the hopes that healthier employees will have lower medical claims and better productivity.
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