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In 2003, an urgent concern about bioterrorism drove the health care community to mobilize and deliver smallpox vaccine to health care workers across the country. The Department of Health and Human Services called for vaccination of 500,000 health care workers nationwide. Yet vaccination efforts waned as reports arose about adverse cardiac events. Within six months, the program was all but over. About 40,000 health care workers had been vaccinated.
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Patient handling isnt like carrying boxes, which can be defined by weight and size. But you can still take a methodical, or even numerical, approach to the hazards.
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OSHA sends letters to 68 high-injury hospitals
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In this issue, the author provides some insight into the deposition process and some guidelines that will help the health care provider approach a deposition with equanimity.
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Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA, has been fined $45,000 by Washington state for workplace violations related to a formalin spill last summer in the sterile processing area of the outpatient surgery center. The violations included lack of adequate equipment, such as respirators, and inadequate training for employees wiping up the liquid.
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The University provides employees with information and training to ensure they are mindful of the hazards of chemicals present in their work area. Awareness Training is made available at New Hire Orientation before the employees initial work assignment begins.
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Twelve people were evacuated, and three were treated for eye irritation when acid leaked from cleaning equipment at an operating room in St. Vincents Hospital Melbourne in Fitzroy, Australia. OR staff were setting up for surgery when they noticed that peracetic acid had leaked from sterilization equipment.
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Patients and their families want to feel comfortable, informed, and respected when they come to your facility for surgery, and your ability to make them feel that way is reflected in your patient satisfaction scores.
