Hospital Employee Health – January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
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CDC Drafts New Guidelines for Occupational Health
In draft guidelines expected to be finalized later this year, the CDC will better define and empower occupational health programs in hospitals and outpatient settings for the first time in 20 years.
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Assessing Risk for Worker Infections
In new draft guidelines for employee health, the CDC recommends periodic risk assessments to identify and reduce infectious hazards to healthcare workers.
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Keep Your Eyes Peeled: Severe Forms of Conjunctivitis Spread Rapidly
Conjunctivitis is a common, relatively mild condition. But adenoviral conjunctivitis and its most severe presentation, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, should be cause for concern for healthcare employees, experts say.
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Eye Protection the Weak Link in PPE
Emerging evidence shows that healthcare workers may contract occupational respiratory infections through eye exposures, a risk that is underappreciated and for which eye protection is rarely worn, a healthcare epidemiologist emphasizes.
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More Data on Moral Distress: It Harms Nurses, Physicians, Hospitals — and Patients
A group of researchers set out to learn the most effective ways to decrease moral distress in healthcare. In the process, they discovered the toll it was taking was greater than expected.
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Physician Stress, Frustrations Can Lead to Depression and Burnout
About half of general surgeons report experiencing burnout. Their levels of stress and frustration have reached the point where their mental health is at risk.
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Proposed Federal Bill to Stop Healthcare Violence
With shifting political winds favoring its passage, a resolution has been reintroduced in Congress that would require OSHA to issue a standard to protect healthcare workers against violence.