Hospital Employee Health – March 1, 2014
March 1, 2014
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OSHA to hospitals: Do the right thing by making worker safety a priority
While there is no national standard requiring safe patient handling, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is making an all-out appeal to hospitals to do the right thing and to recognize the potential cost-savings. -
'Road map' gives path for SPH success
You bought lift equipment, trained your staff and added new patient mobility assessments. Yet your injuries continue. What gives? -
CDC: Test workers for HBV immunity
A growing number of health care workers are coming into their profession with childhood vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV). -
OSHA extends comment period on recordkeeping
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Slips, falls likely to rise, older HCWs at greater risk
Older workers are generally safer workers, but there is one risk that rises steadily with age: slips, trips and falls. -
Causes of Slip, Trip, and Fall Injuries
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Aging RNs ease into retirement
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Include patients in programs to reduce falls
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In nursing, does violence 'come with the job'?
Every day, nurses face a barrage of threats, insults and assaults from patients or visitors, yet almost half never report verbal or physical assaults. -
Putting employees in front of Employee Health