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Get the flu vaccine or wear a mask during flu season. That ultimatum is becoming increasingly commonplace in the nations hospitals.
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Make changes to help HCWs of all ages.
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Too many hospital employees are missing in action. Health care workers have among the highest rates of family and medical leave.
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An aide in a state-run nursing home is more likely to be injured than a police officer. More work-related injuries and illnesses occurred in the nations hospitals than in any other industry in 2011.
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Doctors are prescribing more and more narcotics to injured workers every year. Oxycontin, an opioid associated with prescription drug abuse, is the most commonly prescribed medication in workers compensation claims.
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Hospital employees recorded the highest-ever rates of influenza immunization in the past flu season. Only 59% of health care workers in long-term care received the vaccine.
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Super-spread pattern occurs in hospitals
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Dont just wait for something bad to happen
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Special Report: Facing down the threat of hospital violence
