Hospital Employee Health – October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014
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Respirator or mask? Occ health has answer
Most occupational health nurses learn about respiratory protection on the job. They may manage the program, but still have little time to train their hospitals employees about the difference between a mask and a respirator. -
As H1N1 pandemic flu stockpiles expire, hospitals turn to reusables
Five years after the H1N1 flu pandemic, hospitals and public health authorities are dealing with a difficult aftermath: Stockpiles of N95 respirators are expiring. Rebuilding pandemic stockpiles could cost many millions of dollars and still might not provide enough protective devices. -
As H1N1 pandemic flu stockpiles expire, hospitals turn to reusables
Number of respirators needed during a pandemic would be astronomical -
Ebola cases discharged, units remain ready
CDC issues guidelines for all hospitals -
Emory nurse on Ebola: ‘We can fear or we can care’
The two recently discharged Ebola patients treated at Emory Hospital in Atlanta were the source of much misinformation and fear upon admission, with many people questioning the wisdom of bringing the deadly virus into the country. In response, Susan Mitchell Grant, RN and chief nurse at Emory wrote a thoughtful op-ed piece for the Washington Post. -
Ebola guidelines to protect workers, patients
Ebola does not spread by the airborne route, but recently issued infection control recommendations recommend that health care workers don at the least N95 respirators if performing a procedure that may generate aerosols with the patients blood or body fluids. -
Hospitals can track, compare needlesticks
Surveillance also tracks other injuries -
Respirator or mask? Occ health has answer
Most occupational health nurses learn about respiratory protection on the job. -
Understand, reduce HCW absenteeism
Why do most workers call in sick?