Occupational Health Management Archives – June 1, 2008
June 1, 2008
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Take credit for reducing top health care cost drivers: Follow these steps
This is a three-part series on using financial data to demonstrate the value of occupational health programs. This month, we show you how to link programs to the top health care cost drivers at your workplace. -
Heart attacks decreased for non-smokers by 70%
After a countywide smoking ban was implemented in Indiana's Monroe County, hospital admissions for heart attacks dropped 70% for non-smokers, but not for smokers, according to a new study. -
Do you suspect FMLA fraud? Don't assume hands are tied
If you are charged with administering the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), you probably find it difficult to effectively monitor intermittent leave. -
Measles returns: Know worker immune status
Make sure you know the measles immune status of your employees—and have ready access to the information. That is the message to employee health professionals contained in a recent public health advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. -
Preventing measles transmission
To prevent transmission of measles in healthcare settings, airborne infection control precautions (available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_isolation.html) should be followed stringently. -
Declinations boost HCW flu vaccine rates
Education alone will not boost your influenza vaccination rates, but a dogged campaign that includes declination statements can produce higher rates. -
Will poor match hurt vaccine efforts?
This past winter, influenza vaccine expert Gregory Poland, MD, director of the Mayo Vaccine Research Group at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, got the flu. Yes, he had the flu vaccine. But this year, the vaccine was not a good match with the prevailing strains. -
Smokeout: OR nurses fight to remove hazard
OR nurses want to clear the air in the operating room. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) in Denver issued a position statement in April urging hospitals and other health care providers to reduce exposure to surgical smoke and bio-aerosols released in laser and electrosurgical procedures.