Hospital Employee Health – July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017
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Strategies Top Hospitals Use To Drive Down Needlesticks
Though seroconversions to HIV or hepatitis infections are rare, needlesticks and other occupational blood exposures can throw healthcare workers into emotional turmoil and considerable angst as they await test results over several months.
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Could HCV Drugs Be Used for Post-exposure Prophylaxis?
The drugs now available to treat HCV are highly effective, raising the question of whether they could be used in a PEP protocol after needlesticks involving HCV-positive blood.
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Texas System Launches Ambitious Study on Physician Burnout
With reports of physician burnout increasing at alarming rates, the University of Texas System of hospitals and healthcare affiliates is undertaking an unprecedented effort to identify the root causes and develop prevention strategies.
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CEOs: Physician Burnout a National Health Crisis
Burnout among physicians is becoming a national health crisis and healthcare leadership must step up to address the problem, 10 hospital CEOs emphasized in a recently published statement.
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Are Healthcare Workers at Risk of C. auris Infection?
Though the risk of healthcare workers becoming infected is low, employee health professionals should be aware of an emerging multidrug-resistant fungus that is causing high mortality in hospital outbreaks.
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Using Code Words for Violence Prevention
Nationwide Children’s Hospital takes a proactive approach to violence, which is especially necessary because the facility treats a high number of young people for behavioral health issues.
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NIOSH Toolkit for Chemical Skin Exposures
To guide the management and treatment protocols for chemical events involving skin exposures, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has developed a dermal toolkit to assist employee health professionals and first responders.