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The program developed at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore that pushed catheter-related bloodstream infection rates to zero in some intensive care units is based on the following four overriding principles. Sara Cosgrove, MD, hospital epidemiologist, comments on each one as follows:
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Occupational health nurses have to be the salespeople of safety and accident prevention in their workplaces, all while having little actual control over safety and prevention.
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Chair position and posture are the first elements considered when someone who works at a desk job complains of back pain. But encouraging him or her to sit up straight might be the wrong advice, according to one expert.
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Arthritis already takes a huge toll on health and productivity in the United States, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has new data showing that one in four Americans will develop symptomatic hip arthritis by age 85.
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New York has become the latest state to enact specific legislation to help stem the tide of workplace violence by requiring certain public employers (employers with more than 20 employees, and including most health care settings) to proactively evaluate the safety of their workplaces...
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Chronic job burnout -- the core components of which are emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue, and cognitive weariness -- might be a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy individuals, say Israeli researchers who have posed yet another health link to job stress.
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As of this month, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires accredited organizations to offer flu vaccines to staff and volunteers.
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The first steps to prevent injury at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City occur even before an employee begins his or her job.
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Emergency department physicians and nurses who are encouraged to take short naps while working the night shift experience fewer performance lapses and find themselves feeling more energetic and alert, according to an expert on sleep deprivation.
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Money spent by an employer today on depression intervention not only is in the employees' best interest, but can save the employer thousands.
