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An employee comes to employee health with blood pressure thats out of control. Another has diabetes and isnt good at managing her diet. Another has a headache from a sinus infection. Is that your problem?
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Hospitals soon will get a green light from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to install dispensers of alcohol-based hand rubs in hallways. Last year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) amended its 2000 and 2003 Life Safety Code to allow the convenient use of dispensers and set criteria for their installation, but CMS rules still prohibited the use.
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In a bad-news year for influenza vaccination, public health authorities are glad for some good tidings: The flu season began slowly and the vaccine promised to be more effective than last years mismatched version.
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Enforcement related to ergonomic hazards remains light more than two years after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) trained inspectors to recognize and document those hazards. More than 1,000 inspections of nursing homes generated only 10 citations related to ergonomics. They were among only 16 employers nationwide who received such citations.
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Here are some frequent questions and answers about needle safety compliance provided by the Safety Institute of Premier Inc., an alliance of 1,700 nonprofit hospitals and health systems based in Oak Brook, IL. More information is available on the Premier web site at www.premierinc.com/safety.
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Identification of patients at high risk of, or with documented Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease is to occur at the earliest point in the health care encounter. Avoiding delays in such identification will reduce potential staff and patient exposure to TB.
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Under current federal regulations, manufacturers can state that they comply with the ASTM standards but cannot label the boxes with the level of antigenic and total protein. The proposed rule sets maximum allowable protein levels of 1,200 mcg per dm2 and requires labeling of protein content.
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Both vincristine and doxorubicin and their metabolites have been associated with allergic reactions when given to patients. The aerosolization of the drug present in the urine may have provided enough exposure for symptoms to develop.
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Are you comfortable talking about return on investment? How about loss run analysis? Those business concepts may sound like someone elses job. But if you talk the language of the hospitals financial officers, you may win unprecedented support for your ergonomics program.
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A phlebotomist developed active TB and 56 employees tested positive for latent TB infection after a highly infectious patient spent three weeks on general medical wards before being placed in a negative pressure room.
