Occupational Health Management Archives – October 1, 2009
October 1, 2009
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Speak up! Seek opportunities to promote company - and yourself
As an occupational health professional, you have expertise that no other profession has. Why not use that to your advantage? You can promote your company-and yourself- by speaking at conferences and sharing successes with wellness programs. -
How to get started as a public speaker
If you want to make a name for yourself as an occupational health expert, start small. -
Ready to save a worker's life in all of these situations?
Amputation, anaphylactic shock, asthmatic reaction, cardiac arrest, convulsion, seizure, diabetic emergency, head injury, heat stroke, and pneumothorax. -
If necessary, could you restart a worker's heart?
A long-term machine operator employee in his 60s was working in the pocketed coil department at an Atlanta, GA-based Simmons Bedding Company factory, when he suffered a sudden massive heart attack. -
These actual interventions saved lives of employees
In an organization as large as Detroit, MI-based General Motors Corporation, medical emergencies "are encountered with some regularity," according to Joel R. Bender, MD, PhD, MSPH, FACOEM, corporate medical director. -
Make the case to pay workers for better health
Despite the recession, incentives paid to employees for participation in health and wellness programs show no signs of slowing down. -
NY requires HCWs to get flu shots
Health care workers in New York hospitals are all rolling up their sleeves this fall for the flu vaccine. It's no longer a choice. It's a mandate. -
ACOEM: Wellness at work belongs in HC reform
All the shouting has gotten the press attention in health care reform. But in the behind-the-scenes effort to create a new paradigm, occupational health physicians have promoted prevention, workplace-based wellness, and the link between workplace health and productivity. -
Wellness incentives fine, no penalties for opt-outs
Hospitals are boosting incentives for wellness programs, with the hopes that healthier employees will have lower medical claims and better productivity. That push for greater incentives is likely to continue despite a recent advisory notice cautioning employers not to penalize employees who choose not to participate. -
OSHA issues guide on ethylene oxide
A new guide from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration answers a myriad of questions about monitoring workspaces where ethylene oxide (EtO) is used.