Hospital Employee Health – November 1, 2005
November 1, 2005
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Health care heroes weather Gulf Storm with guts and emergency planning
Health care workers were heroes of Hurricane Katrina as they worked under grueling conditions to keep their patients alive despite lack of electricity, air conditioning and water, and sewer service. -
Chief nursing officer recounts Katrina efforts
Editors note: This e-mail was written by Pamela McVey, RN, CIC, chief nursing officer at Biloxi (MS) Regional Medical Center, to a chief nursing officer in Natchez, MS. McVey was formerly director of infection control/employee health at the hospital. She gave Hospital Employee Health permission to reprint this e-mail, and added this postscript: " We all understand that there is no getting back to normal. We are now in the process of redefining what is normal. There is a great spirit here in the coastal counties of Mississippi. Well be OK." -
JCAHO: Small communities not well prepared
Even before hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, worried that small communities were not doing enough to prepare for a disaster. -
Will HCWs come to work during a disaster?
If a major disaster struck your community, how many of your employees would show up for work? -
5 years after needlestick law: We’re safer, but not safe enough
Five years after the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act became law, hospitals have made a dramatic shift to safety devices, bringing about a decline of one-third to one-half in the rate of needlesticks among health care workers. -
2005 Salary Survey: New opportunities rise amid EH retirement
Employee health professionals are beginning to retire, leaving opportunities for other nurses to move into the field and raising the value of the more seasoned, experienced practitioners.