Hospital Employee Health – January 1, 2007
January 1, 2007
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HEH at a crossroads: Hospital hazards come to the forefront
As Hospital Employee Health publishes its 25th anniversary issue, employee health professionals can take pride in their accomplishments, such as dramatic reductions in needlestick injuries. Yet challenges remain and hospitals continue to be high-hazard workplaces, with more injuries and illnesses than in construction and transportation. -
Needlesticks remain an employee health challenge
Needle safety is a major success story of employee health, although it's one for which the final chapter has yet to be written. -
Rapid response lowers HIV needlestick risk
AIDS has forever altered the way health care workers view the threat of infectious disease. -
Hospitals lag in safe patient handling
Patient handling is the No. 1 hazard in hospitals. More nurses are losing time from work or filing workers' compensation claims related to musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) injuries than any other workplace event. -
Latex allergy has 'almost disappeared' among HCWs
Vendors really do listen to their customers. That is the lesson of the latex experience. -
CDC: Extend HCW flu shots through January
Hospitals are striving to vaccinate more health care workers against influenza than ever before, but this fall they struggled to get their campaigns rolling because of vaccine supply delays. The lesson of the season: Get used to uneven delivery of flu vaccine.