Hospital Employee Health – October 1, 2013

October 1, 2013

• New HIV drugs offer more tolerable post-exposure regimens for HCWs

  New guidelines provide a simple response to occupational exposure to HIV.

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• CDC scraps 30-day flu vaccine reporting rule

  Count everyone in hospital for one day

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• CMS zeroing in on poor PPE use

  New survey tool nears completion

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• Research quest: Ensure proper use of PPE

  NIOSH action plan focuses on compliance

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• OHSN injury tracker makes its debut

  Hospitals sign on to user-friendly site

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• Prevent diabetes to save money — and lives

  CDCs work-based program better than meds.

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• HCWs more likely to have dermatitis, asthma

  Interviews reveal occupational risks in HC

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• Hospital cafeterias get a failing grade

  There arent enough healthy choices

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• The Joint Commission Update: Collaborating hospitals put problem of colorectal SSIs behind them

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• The Joint Commission Update: Can we talk? Physicians don’t wash up as often as other HCWs

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• The Joint Commission Update: Reducing errors in sterile processing of OR instruments

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