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On March 24, Carol Tough, RN, had to make a decision between going to work and possibly risk getting a mysterious new disease, or quitting the career shed had for 17 years. She went to work.
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First responders and law enforcement officers began receiving smallpox vaccines in some states, even while cardiac events associated with the vaccine continued to draw scrutiny.
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Hospitals with high injury rates or a high proportion of ergonomic injuries will receive targeted inspections in some regions of the country under a new enforcement program for ergonomics.
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Hospitals acted to improve their respiratory protection programs as new questions surfaced about protections of health care workers from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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Its official: The tuberculosis standard is dead. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew the TB standard from its regulatory agenda, citing the decline in tuberculosis cases in the United States.
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Ultraviolet light is an effective way to inactivate tuberculosis and prevent transmission in hospitals, according to a study sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Cincinnati.
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Many hospitals are failing to address the risk of workplace violence, even when state law requires prevention efforts, according to preliminary findings of a California-based study.
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Hospitals with high injury rates or a high proportion of ergonomic injuries will receive targeted inspections in some regions of the country under a new enforcement program for ergonomics.
