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All employees should know the following steps in order to prepare for workplace incidents, says Anita M. Holloway, MD, MBA, manager of health strategy and clinical programs at Warrenville, IL-based Navistar:
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OSHA has proposed wording changes to the following sections of standards that related to the health care industry:
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The thought of being liable for multiple violations can be daunting. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently inspected a veterinary lab within the Marshfield (WI) Clinic in response to a complaint, says Bruce Cunha, RN, MS, COHN-S, manager of employee health and safety at the clinic.
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The number of days an employee is absent and worker's compensation costs are fairly black-and-white metrics. But what about presenteeism, when employees are at work, but not optimally productive?
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Instead of "economy class syndrome," should deep vein thrombosis (DVT) be called "sitting at a desk all day syndrome?" According to new research, prolonged sitting at work is linked to double the risk of DVT and pulmonary embolism.
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Employees rank time pressures, deadlines, office politics, and their bosses as the top stress-inducing factors at work, according to a new workplace wellness survey conducted by Eclipse gum and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp).
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) may be a unique central nervous system demyelinating disease with distinct clinical and MRI manifestations, as well as different immune and pathological characteristics as compared to multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Aspirin plus extended-release dipyridamole and clopidogrel are both appropriate options to decrease disability from recurrent stroke; however, telmisartan does not lower risk of suffering a second stroke.
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Statins may cause worsening symptoms in patients with myasthenia gravis.
