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Ear plugs aren't protection enough from high levels of noise at work. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants employers to rely more on eliminating or mitigating a noise hazard than on using personal protective equipment.
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Robin Alegria, RN, COHN-S, an occupational health nurse at Baxter Healthcare in Thousand Oaks, CA, says that occupational health can and should play a role in more accurately measuring workplace safety.
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As an occupational health professional, you already possess a wealth of knowledge on the importance of a safe work environment, and the necessary skills to address pertinent safety issues.
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This is a two-part series on occupational health's role in preventing recordkeeping violations. This month, we report on your role in improving compliance, and identify some of the specific violations that can occur in workplaces.
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New and better tools are needed to measure employee productivity, according to a new position paper.
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Today's employers are looking very closely at both direct healthcare expenditures and indirect costs associated with absenteeism, presenteeism, and disability.
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta asked its employees to take steps to better health. A billion steps, to be exact.
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As the occupational health expands into the safety arena, tension between the two areas is a predictable result. One way to avoid conflicts is to clearly establish what each program does.
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If employees don't trust you, they probably won't listen to your advice, agree to take a health risk assessment, or participate in your wellness programs.
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At a secondary lead smelter in Pennsylvania, monetary incentives have been effective in improving processes, such as keeping blood lead levels down. "It does work, especially when it is a separate line item on their pay stub and the wife can see that!" says occupational health nurse Laurie Heagy, RN, COHN-S.
