Hospital Employee Health – January 1, 2006
January 1, 2006
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Hospitals must rally to protect health care workers in case of flu pandemic
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Pandemic Influenza Plan paints a dire scenario of sick patients flooding hospitals ... -
HHS: Track annual HCW flu vaccine
If there is a deadly pandemic of avian influenza and a vaccine to prevent it, no one would question whether health care workers would be willing to be vaccinated. -
Planning for occupational health in a pandemic
The ability to deliver quality health care depends on adequate staffing and optimum health and welfare of staff. During a pandemic, the health care work force will be stressed physically and psychologically. -
HCWs caring for infants need pertussis shot
Health care workers caring for infants should receive the new pertussis vaccine, according to the recommendation of a federal advisory panel. -
Early safety focus pays off for South Carolina hospitals
To many health care workers, a needlestick was hardly worth worrying about. -
Follow the numbers for ergo success
Ergonomics involves an equation: Too much force on the body equals pain and injury. -
Aching HCWs: Do you feel their pain?
Every day, nurses are going home with back pain. Some of them may even have back injuries they never tell you about.